Usually means: Lacking access to resources, opportunities.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word underprivileged:

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  1. underprivileged: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underprivileged, the underprivileged: Merriam-Webster
  3. underprivileged: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underprivileged: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underprivileged: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underprivileged: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underprivileged, underprivileged: Wordnik
  8. underprivileged, the underprivileged: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. underprivileged: Wiktionary
  10. underprivileged: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. underprivileged: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. underprivileged: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. underprivileged: Dictionary.com
  14. underprivileged (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. underprivileged: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Underprivileged: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. underprivileged: Rhymezone
  18. underprivileged: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. underprivileged: FreeDictionary.org
  20. underprivileged: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. underprivileged: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
▸ noun:  A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

Similar:
deprived, disadvantaged, underclass, prived, underadvantaged, negatively privileged, orphan, poor, academically disadvantaged, dispossessed, more...

Opposite:
privileged, advantaged

Types:
poor, homeless, mentally ill, mentally challenged, more...

Phrases:
underprivileged children, underprivileged jobs, wings to underprivileged, more...

Adjectives:
urban, most, called, rural, culturally, own, least, socioeconomically
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Similar:
deprived, disadvantaged, underclass, prived, underadvantaged, negatively privileged, orphan, poor, academically disadvantaged, dispossessed, more...

Opposite:
privileged, advantaged

Types:
poor, homeless, mentally ill, mentally challenged, more...

Phrases:
underprivileged children, underprivileged jobs, wings to underprivileged, more...

Adjectives:
urban, most, called, rural, culturally, own, least, socioeconomically



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