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Meaning of underprivilege | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A lack of opportunities or advantages enjoyed by others.

Examples

“2021, 23 June, The Daily Telegraph (p. 19): David Goodhart, Has wokeism crushed the working class? Not that our poorest white groups would claim to feel any such privilege. Indeed, the simple fact of their underprivilege and how bad they are doing is being ignored by the national conversation […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Underprivileged underprivilegedness underproducer underproduction underproductivity underproliferation

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