deprived
deprived
Definition
de·prived (-prīvd′)
adjective
that has undergone deprivation; specif., of or from a poor or depressed area; underprivileged
deprived
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- oxygen: Infant primates deprived of oxygen have been used to research cot death.
- stimulation: Their piglets, meanwhile, are confined to the tiny " creep " area of the crate, deprived of all stimulation.
- liberty: Children deprived of liberty should be given equal statutory protection.
- sleep: A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual.
- opportunity: In our view children educated at home should not be deprived of these opportunities to assess their progress.
- pleasure: However, we would be deprived of the pleasure of direct sunshine.
Object
- neighborhood: Plymouth is making a bid for up to £ 20 million to fund local projects within the most deprived neighborhoods in the city.
- ward: Higham Hill is the second most deprived ward in the boro.
- area: Mapping access to healthy food in deprived areas: a pilot study.
- boro: Located in one of England's most deprived boroughs, the school is a powerful engine of regeneration in its own right.
- community: In deprived communities 80 % have not been to an arts event or even the cinema.
- estate: Living on a small, deprived council estate, perhaps.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: OxVox felt that education-related projects were of special value to relatively deprived areas such as Blackbird Leys.
Modifying Another Word
- socially: Mr M McGuinness: I have just returned from visiting a primary school in one of the most socially deprived areas of Belfast.
- economically: The demand for medical care outweighs supply in many parts of the UK, particularly in economically deprived communities.
- socio-economically: Whilst the number of lower intelligence children invariably come from a socio-economically deprived background.
- arbitrarily: No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
- unjustly: In that part of Poland where war disorder was less common, 18 persons were unjustly deprived of their lives.
- permanently: Nobody shall however be permanently deprived of a College office or post without the approval of Council.
Preposition: in
- country: Many coalfields wards continue to be among the most deprived in the country.
deprived Quotes
I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.
We donot deridethe fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.
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