Deprived
adjective
Not having the things considered necessary for a healthy, happy life.
Many children in this region are seriously deprived.
Often appears as...
- deprived of
- deprived area
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Disapproving
adjective
Having had something necessary or enjoyable taken away.
She felt deprived of her freedom.
Often appears as...
- deprived of rights
- deprived of freedom
adjective
Not having the things considered necessary for a healthy, happy life.
Many children in this region are seriously deprived.
Often appears as...
- deprived of
- deprived area
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having had something necessary or enjoyable taken away.
She felt deprived of her freedom.
Often appears as...
- deprived of rights
- deprived of freedom
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Pro Tip 1/3Welfare Context
Often found in discussions about social issues and welfare policies impacting health and happiness.
The government introduced programs to support deprived communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Imbalance
Used to describe economic disparity where access to resources is unequal.
Deprived areas are facing higher levels of unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Implications of negligence or societal failure, suggesting a need for collective action.
Advocates argue that no child should grow up deprived.
Pro Tip 1/3Welfare Context
Often found in discussions about social issues and welfare policies impacting health and happiness.
The government introduced programs to support deprived communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Imbalance
Used to describe economic disparity where access to resources is unequal.
Deprived areas are facing higher levels of unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Implications of negligence or societal failure, suggesting a need for collective action.
Advocates argue that no child should grow up deprived.
Pro Tip 1/3Welfare Context
Often found in discussions about social issues and welfare policies impacting health and happiness.
The government introduced programs to support deprived communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Imbalance
Used to describe economic disparity where access to resources is unequal.
Deprived areas are facing higher levels of unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Implications of negligence or societal failure, suggesting a need for collective action.
Advocates argue that no child should grow up deprived.
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How much of what you see...
When the visual cortex processes light into coherent images, it fills in these blind spots with information from the surrounding area. Occasionally, we might notice a glitch, but most of the time we’re none the wiser. When the visual cortex is deprived of input from the eyes, even temporarily,
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Stuart Brown: Play is...
and others, when they're play deprived, they don't -- and rats also -- they don't develop a brain that is normal. Now, the program says that the opposite of play is not work, it's depression. And I think if you think about life without play --
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Why do people join...
a particular problem for children, who are deprived of normal developmental activities and milestones. Nevertheless, many cult members eventually find a way out, whether through their own realizations, the help of family and friends,
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Proof: Lynsey Addario on...
extreme of emotions and situations people are deprived of so much when I'm in a situation where someone's dying or about to die in front of me and the instinct is to try and save someone when you want when you're watching The Life
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Why are we so attached...
After witnessing the violent rage shown by babies whenever deprived of an item they considered their own, Jean Piaget, a founding father of child psychology, observed something profound about human nature.
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A Big Cat Wild Kill & a...
every winter is hard for mountain people but the earthquake had deprived them of even the basic amenities they needed to survive filming the Snow Leopard have been a high point of my life responding
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An inside look at...
deprived or if it's an issue of identity and belonging or ideology extremist ideology where really its fascistic in the end my way or else the second phase is where people become active in some
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The dark history of...
The zombi was deprived of an afterlife and trapped in eternal subjugation. Because of this, in Haitian culture, zombis are commonly seen as victims deserving of sympathy and care.
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
Gandhi fought and lead India's freedom movement. But more importantly, he taught us how to treat the most vulnerable sections, the most deprived people, with dignity and respect.
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The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world.
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How much of what you see...
When the visual cortex processes light into coherent images, it fills in these blind spots with information from the surrounding area. Occasionally, we might notice a glitch, but most of the time we’re none the wiser. When the visual cortex is deprived of input from the eyes, even temporarily,
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
and others, when they're play deprived, they don't -- and rats also -- they don't develop a brain that is normal. Now, the program says that the opposite of play is not work, it's depression. And I think if you think about life without play --
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Why do people join...
a particular problem for children, who are deprived of normal developmental activities and milestones. Nevertheless, many cult members eventually find a way out, whether through their own realizations, the help of family and friends,
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Proof: Lynsey Addario on...
extreme of emotions and situations people are deprived of so much when I'm in a situation where someone's dying or about to die in front of me and the instinct is to try and save someone when you want when you're watching The Life
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Why are we so attached...
After witnessing the violent rage shown by babies whenever deprived of an item they considered their own, Jean Piaget, a founding father of child psychology, observed something profound about human nature.
Video examples
A Big Cat Wild Kill & a...
every winter is hard for mountain people but the earthquake had deprived them of even the basic amenities they needed to survive filming the Snow Leopard have been a high point of my life responding
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An inside look at...
deprived or if it's an issue of identity and belonging or ideology extremist ideology where really its fascistic in the end my way or else the second phase is where people become active in some
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The dark history of...
The zombi was deprived of an afterlife and trapped in eternal subjugation. Because of this, in Haitian culture, zombis are commonly seen as victims deserving of sympathy and care.
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
Gandhi fought and lead India's freedom movement. But more importantly, he taught us how to treat the most vulnerable sections, the most deprived people, with dignity and respect.
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The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I cannot live a life where I'm deprived. I'd much rather be five, 10 pounds heavier. With my luck, I'll get myself to that perfect goal weight, and I'll get hit by a bus. Then I'll be like... looking at myself from some afterlife going, 'You idiot. You could have had that agnolotti, dummy.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
Your whole life is changed with that first child. Your social behaviors are all turned upside down, you're sleep deprived, but eight months in, my son had this seizure, and it just woke me up to the idea that, oh, no, this can end. And it can end in a way that will destroy you forever.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
Faulkner's characters, too, were uneducated. They were deprived, but they were allowed to have very rich inner lives. I want to advocate for that, for inner lives that are much more complicated and more poetic than we think.
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Shelby Foote
American Author
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
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Jackie Coogan
I led a sheltered life until I went to college. But I wasn't deprived and I can't say I missed anything as a kid except a lot of heartaches.
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Suki Waterhouse
English Actress
I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.
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R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
Nobody is in the world should be deprived of the joys of eating.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.
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Luis Barragan
Mexican Architect
Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I cannot live a life where I'm deprived. I'd much rather be five, 10 pounds heavier. With my luck, I'll get myself to that perfect goal weight, and I'll get hit by a bus. Then I'll be like... looking at myself from some afterlife going, 'You idiot. You could have had that agnolotti, dummy.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
Your whole life is changed with that first child. Your social behaviors are all turned upside down, you're sleep deprived, but eight months in, my son had this seizure, and it just woke me up to the idea that, oh, no, this can end. And it can end in a way that will destroy you forever.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
Faulkner's characters, too, were uneducated. They were deprived, but they were allowed to have very rich inner lives. I want to advocate for that, for inner lives that are much more complicated and more poetic than we think.
Quote examples
Shelby Foote
American Author
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
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Jackie Coogan
I led a sheltered life until I went to college. But I wasn't deprived and I can't say I missed anything as a kid except a lot of heartaches.
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Suki Waterhouse
English Actress
I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.
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R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
Nobody is in the world should be deprived of the joys of eating.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.
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Luis Barragan
Mexican Architect
Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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