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underprivileged
This term carries a strong sociological connotation, focusing on the systemic lack of access to social advantages rather than just a lack of money. While poverty describes a financial state, being underprivileged suggests a broader deprivation of social capital, education, and legal protections that hinder upward mobility.
In professional and academic settings, it is often used as a more sensitive or clinical alternative to words like poor or needy. It shifts the focus from the individual's failure to the societal structures that create an uneven playing field, making it common in policy documents, grant applications, and educational discourse.
Meanings
Examples
The charity provides free tutoring for underprivileged children.
We must create more pathways for underprivileged youth to enter university.
I wonder if I would have succeeded if I had grown up in an underprivileged neighborhood.
The government launched a new initiative to support underprivileged families.
The government launched a new initiative to support underprivileged families.
Our company offers scholarships specifically for underprivileged students pursuing engineering.
Our company offers scholarships specifically for underprivileged students pursuing engineering.
Many underprivileged communities lack access to basic healthcare services.
He spent his career fighting for the rights of the underprivileged.
It is unfair that underprivileged kids start school already behind their peers.