Thesaurus / under-privileged
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synonyms for under-privileged
- destitute
- impoverished
- indigent
- low
- meager
- needy
- penniless
- poverty-stricken
- underprivileged
- bankrupt
- down-and-out
- flat
- insolvent
- scanty
- suffering
- bad off
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- dirt poor
- empty-handed
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- in need
- in want
- moneyless
- necessitous
- pauperized
- penurious
- pinched
- reduced
- stone broke
- strapped
- truly needy
- unprosperous
- depressed
- deprived
- destitute
- disadvantaged
- handicapped
- impoverished
- indigent
- needy
- badly off
- down and out
- hapless
- hard up
- have-not
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in dire straits
- in need
- in want
- unfortunate
- unlucky
- underdeveloped
- arrested
- behind
- checked
- delayed
- dull
- imbecile
- stupid
- subnormal
- dense
- feeble-minded
- late
- moronic
- underprivileged
- undeveloped
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- indigent
- in need
- insolvent
- in want
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- needy
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
- arrested
- behind
- checked
- delayed
- dense
- dull
- feeble-minded
- imbecile
- late
- moronic
- simple
- slow
- slow-witted
- stupid
- subnormal
- underdeveloped
- underprivileged
- undeveloped
- arrested
- backward
- behind
- checked
- conservative
- delayed
- dense
- dull
- feeble-minded
- imbecile
- late
- moronic
- reactionary
- stupid
- subnormal
- underdeveloped
- underprivileged
- undeveloped
- destitute
- devalued
- disadvantaged
- distressed
- needy
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- underprivileged
- cheapened
- depreciated
- deprived
- impaired
- dilapidated
- ghetto
- run-down
- seedy
- set back
- slummy
- modest
- obscure
- ordinary
- simple
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- base
- low
- mean
- rough
- unfit
- beggarly
- common
- commonplace
- contemptible
- humdrum
- ignoble
- inglorious
- insignificant
- little
- low-born
- lowly
- low-ranking
- meager
- measly
- menial
- miserable
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- proletarian
- puny
- scrubby
- seemly
- servile
- severe
- shabby
- small
- sordid
- trivial
- uncouth
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unimportant
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wretched
- also-ran
- underdog
- deadbeat
- defeated
- dud
- failure
- flop
- has-been
- disadvantaged
- down-and-outer
- flunkee
- underprivileged
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antonyms for under-privileged
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- bold
- brave
- extraordinary
- presumptuous
- honest
- moral
- nice
- noble
- polite
- assertive
- boasting
- conceited
- egotistical
- insolent
- luxurious
- pretentious
- proud
- rich
- showy
- superior
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How to use under-privileged in a sentence
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThe Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYPoor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMFor several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANUnder so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONUnder the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENWe are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANThe little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON