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deprived
[ dih-prahyvd ]
adjective
- marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter:
a deprived childhood.
deprived
/ ɪˈɪ /
adjective
- lacking adequate food, shelter, education, etc
deprived inner-city areas
Other Word Forms
- -· adjective
- ܲd· adjective
Example Sentences
Attorneys for the family say that they were deported without medication and deprived of the ability to contact their doctors.
"Obviously certain areas around Runcorn are quite deprived. They look at these areas and say we're going to do this and we're going to do that…but they need to back it up."
The UN meanwhile warned that the 52-day Israeli blockade had deprived Gaza's 2.1 million population of "the basic necessities for human survival".
He said: "He managed to raise three kids, buy his own house, run a car, have a holiday every year. We were not deprived and that was on one factory wage."
A report by the regulator and inspector of early years, Ofsted, found that deprived areas that have lower than average incomes are disproportionately affected by persistently low access to childcare.
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