underprivileged

== English == === Etymology === From under- + privileged. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === underprivileged (comparative more underprivileged, superlative most underprivileged) Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== disenfranchised === Noun === underprivileged (plural underprivileged) A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Raymond Williams (1983), “Underprivileged”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 324.