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Meaning of Underprivileged | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

Equivalents

العربية بائس
Deutsch benachteiligt Benachteiligte Benachteiligter unterprivilegiert unterprivilegierte unterprivilegierter
Español desamparado desfavorecido
Suomi vähäosainen
Français défavorisé

Examples

“Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as far removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and the Salvation Army.”

CEFR level

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

underprivilegedness underproducer underproduction underproductivity underproliferation underpromotion

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