unprivileged

adjective

Definition of unprivilegednext
as in needy

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Recent Examples of unprivileged The researchers demonstrate how an unprivileged remote attacker can then recover secrets stored in Gmail, Amazon, and Reddit when the target is authenticated. — Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025 Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee. — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022 Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver? — Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
  1. needy
  2. indigent
  3. underprivileged
  4. impoverished
  5. disadvantaged
  6. impecunious
  7. penniless
  8. destitute
Adjective
  • The gas can always be liquefied and exported around the world to an energy-needy globe.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The elephants would provide meat for needy rural communities, authorities said Friday in defense of the move.
    — Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of needy
Adjective
  • Georgia legislators are considering improvements to postconviction litigation as the state’s top judges warn of poor representation provided to some indigent defendants, Rosie Manins reports.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Even without a statewide office, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court could establish minimum qualifications for lawyers handling indigent defense.
    — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of indigent
Adjective
  • The temple also runs various charities providing funding for the education of underprivileged children.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Lofgren commended Wahab for championing foster youth and others who are underprivileged and vulnerable.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of underprivileged
Adjective
  • The impoverished Reds work as slave labor in the mines of Mars, while the super-strong Golds rule the solar system and war on each other.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors accuse him of participating in schemes to divert hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuelan government programs intended to provide housing, food and other necessities to the country’s impoverished population.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • After the Community Recording Studio, the couple will make go Himmah, central England’s biggest food bank and Epic Partners, which offers sports, education and mentoring programs for disadvantaged young people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Since 2019, the nonprofit Lead Guitar has provided world-class musicians to support local music teachers at LAUSD schools in economically disadvantaged areas.
    — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of disadvantaged
Adjective
  • Traumatized into silence, the de facto orphan stays living with the kindly but guilt-ridden, grieving and impecunious Hiroshi.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Since then, it has been performed across much of the world, being ideally suited to these impecunious times and very masterfully written.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of impecunious
Adjective
  • Yet after the apparent death of Captain Crewe in World War I, Sara’s headmistress confines the now-penniless child in the school’s attic.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In the summer of 1927 three young men of means ran into a neighbor from back home in Winnetka, Illinois, on the streets of Paris, who was stranded with a penniless delegation of labor leaders and educators intended for Moscow.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of penniless
Adjective
  • But because Lorre at the time was destitute, the church didn’t make an effort to keep him.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • He gets caught in a rainstorm with the main character, a destitute fourth grader.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of destitute

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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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