underprivileged
adjective/ˌʌndəˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/
/ˌʌndərˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/
- [usually before noun] having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society synonym disadvantaged
- underprivileged sections of the community
- educationally/socially underprivileged groups
- No one from these educationally underprivileged groups has a chance of getting to university.
- The party aims to represent the interests of the underprivileged sections of society.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnderprivileged is used with these nouns:- child
- the underprivilegednoun [plural] people who are underprivileged
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