deprivedadjective
uk/dɪˈpraɪvd/us/dɪˈpraɪvd/C1 not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions:
She had a deprived childhood/comes from a deprived background.
a deprived area
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- Many mothers of young children, deprived of intellectual stimulation, become quite depressed.
- They heard from one man about his deprived childhood in an institution.
- The Prince's tour conveniently omitted the most deprived areas of the city.
- These measures are intended to help people from a deprived background.
- As children, my sister and I didn't have a TV at home, but I didn't feel particularly deprived.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (for sth) idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out for sth
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- need
- need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
- needful
- needy
- short
- take
- the cupboard is bare idiom
- the UN
- unsatisfied
- vacuum
- want
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