deprived

adjective

/dɪˈpraɪvd/

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without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life
- a deprived childhood/background/area
- economically/emotionally/socially deprived
Synonyms poor
poor
- disadvantaged
- needy
- impoverished
- deprived
- penniless
- hard up
These words all describe somebody who has very little or no money and therefore cannot satisfy their basic needs.
- poor having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs:
  They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids.
- disadvantaged having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society:
  socially disadvantaged sections of the community
- needy poor:
  It’s a charity that provides help for needy children.
- impoverished (journalism) poor:
  Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities.
- deprived [usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life
poor, needy, impoverished or deprived?Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group: it is not used to talk about yourself or individual people: poor/needy children/families • They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived.
- penniless (literary) having no money; very poor:
  He died penniless in Paris.
- hard up (informal) having very little money, especially for a short period of time:
  I was always hard up as a student.
Patterns
- poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived/penniless/hard-up people/families
- poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived areas
- poor/disadvantaged/impoverished countries
- a(n) poor/disadvantaged/impoverished/deprived background
Extra Examples
- children who are deprived of love
- emotionally deprived children
- plants that are totally deprived of light
- He had a deprived childhood in a London slum.
- It's a very deprived area, with no amenities.
Topics Social issuesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
adverb
- extremely
- severely
- very
- …
preposition
- of
See full entry
-deprived
suffering from a lack of the thing mentioned
- The American adult population is chronically sleep-deprived.
- This movie is seriously humour-deprived.

单词	deprived
释义	deprived adjective /dɪˈpraɪvd/ /dɪˈpraɪvd/ jump to other results without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life a deprived childhood/background/area economically/emotionally/socially deprived Synonyms poorpoor disadvantaged needy impoverished deprived penniless hard up These words all describe somebody who has very little or no money and therefore cannot satisfy their basic needs. poor having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs: They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. disadvantaged having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society: socially disadvantaged sections of the community needy poor: It’s a charity that provides help for needy children. impoverished (journalism) poor: Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities. deprived [usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life poor, needy, impoverished or deprived?Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group: it is not used to talk about yourself or individual people: poor/needy children/families • They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived. penniless (literary) having no money; very poor: He died penniless in Paris. hard up (informal) having very little money, especially for a short period of time: I was always hard up as a student. Patterns poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived/penniless/hard-up people/families poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived areas poor/disadvantaged/impoverished countries a(n) poor/disadvantaged/impoverished/deprived background Extra Examples children who are deprived of love emotionally deprived children plants that are totally deprived of light He had a deprived childhood in a London slum. It's a very deprived area, with no amenities. Topics Social issuesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be feel adverb extremely severely very … preposition of See full entry -deprived suffering from a lack of the thing mentioned The American adult population is chronically sleep-deprived. This movie is seriously humour-deprived.
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