Underprivileged
adjective
Not having equal chances or benefits as others due to financial difficulty.
Underprivileged children often lack access to quality education.
Often appears as...
- underprivileged children
- underprivileged areas
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Disapproving
noun
People who do not have the same advantages as others because they are poor.
The charity works to help the underprivileged in our community.
Often appears as...
- help the underprivileged
- provide for the underprivileged
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Disapproving
adjective
Not having equal chances or benefits as others due to financial difficulty.
Underprivileged children often lack access to quality education.
Often appears as...
- underprivileged children
- underprivileged areas
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
People who do not have the same advantages as others because they are poor.
The charity works to help the underprivileged in our community.
Often appears as...
- help the underprivileged
- provide for the underprivileged
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'underprivileged' to describe lack of resources in an empathetic or sociopolitical discussion.
She volunteers in underprivileged neighborhoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
The word carries emotional impact, implying a need for aid or support.
The fundraiser aims to support underprivileged youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Patronizing
Be cautious to not assume inferiority or incapability when referring to underprivileged groups.
Initiatives empower underprivileged communities.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'underprivileged' to describe lack of resources in an empathetic or sociopolitical discussion.
She volunteers in underprivileged neighborhoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
The word carries emotional impact, implying a need for aid or support.
The fundraiser aims to support underprivileged youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Patronizing
Be cautious to not assume inferiority or incapability when referring to underprivileged groups.
Initiatives empower underprivileged communities.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'underprivileged' to describe lack of resources in an empathetic or sociopolitical discussion.
She volunteers in underprivileged neighborhoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
The word carries emotional impact, implying a need for aid or support.
The fundraiser aims to support underprivileged youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Patronizing
Be cautious to not assume inferiority or incapability when referring to underprivileged groups.
Initiatives empower underprivileged communities.
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A political party for...
It's the button that gets pressed when you think, "I must do something about this." It gets pressed for all sorts of reasons. Maybe you face some kind of inequality, or you've come across an injustice of some kind, sometimes an illness strikes, or you're born in some way disadvantaged, or perhaps underprivileged.
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A campaign for period...
At a school for the underprivileged, we encountered a girl who had just got her first period but wasn't wearing anything to absorb the flow. Imagine being her, sitting in class feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable, looking down and seeing red, asking your parents for help, asking what was going on with you
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How to train employees...
it also costs you a lot more, because we have health disparities, and we have social determinants of health, and we have the infant mortality, all of which depends on the data that we collect, and if we have bad data, than we have those issues still. And we have underprivileged populations
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An unexpected tool for...
that rich white men did in broader society. And this has helped me understand why there is so much anger towards rich white women, especially in some parts of the feminist movement at the moment, because perhaps they're prone to seeing themselves as underprivileged relative to white men,
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Are indoor vertical...
Also, there are food deserts in many countries that have little to no access to nutritious vegetables, and as this industry matures, it will become possible to provide more equitable access to high-quality, highly nutritious vegetables in even the most underprivileged of communities.
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Sugata Mitra: Can kids...
the underprivileged first, not the other way about. And finally came the question of, how do you tackle teacher perception? Whenever you go to a teacher and show them some technology, the teacher's first reaction is, you cannot replace a teacher with a machine -- it's impossible.
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The rapid growth of the...
I've observed something that is far less familiar to me, propelling so much of China's innovation and many of its entrepreneurs. It is an overwhelming need economy that is serving an underprivileged populous, which has been separated for 30 years from China's economic boom.
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Aparna Hegde: The...
the most underprivileged of women want to know when their child will understand color, how to ensure psychosocial stimulation of the child, when their child will develop fingers in their womb and so on. Like any woman would. Our services respect that.
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Why open a school? To...
by witnessing a man being thrown off of a roof. Yet he can still be influenced by a principal who had opened up a school that believes in all children. Vidal embodies the story of so many of our underprivileged children
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Garth Lenz: The true...
but we could let that slip away. The tar sands could threaten not just a large section of the boreal. It compromises the life and the health of some of our most underprivileged and vulnerable people,
Video examples
A political party for...
It's the button that gets pressed when you think, "I must do something about this." It gets pressed for all sorts of reasons. Maybe you face some kind of inequality, or you've come across an injustice of some kind, sometimes an illness strikes, or you're born in some way disadvantaged, or perhaps underprivileged.
Video examples
A campaign for period...
At a school for the underprivileged, we encountered a girl who had just got her first period but wasn't wearing anything to absorb the flow. Imagine being her, sitting in class feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable, looking down and seeing red, asking your parents for help, asking what was going on with you
Video examples
How to train employees...
it also costs you a lot more, because we have health disparities, and we have social determinants of health, and we have the infant mortality, all of which depends on the data that we collect, and if we have bad data, than we have those issues still. And we have underprivileged populations
Video examples
An unexpected tool for...
that rich white men did in broader society. And this has helped me understand why there is so much anger towards rich white women, especially in some parts of the feminist movement at the moment, because perhaps they're prone to seeing themselves as underprivileged relative to white men,
Video examples
Are indoor vertical...
Also, there are food deserts in many countries that have little to no access to nutritious vegetables, and as this industry matures, it will become possible to provide more equitable access to high-quality, highly nutritious vegetables in even the most underprivileged of communities.
Video examples
Sugata Mitra: Can kids...
the underprivileged first, not the other way about. And finally came the question of, how do you tackle teacher perception? Whenever you go to a teacher and show them some technology, the teacher's first reaction is, you cannot replace a teacher with a machine -- it's impossible.
Video examples
The rapid growth of the...
I've observed something that is far less familiar to me, propelling so much of China's innovation and many of its entrepreneurs. It is an overwhelming need economy that is serving an underprivileged populous, which has been separated for 30 years from China's economic boom.
Video examples
Aparna Hegde: The...
the most underprivileged of women want to know when their child will understand color, how to ensure psychosocial stimulation of the child, when their child will develop fingers in their womb and so on. Like any woman would. Our services respect that.
Video examples
Why open a school? To...
by witnessing a man being thrown off of a roof. Yet he can still be influenced by a principal who had opened up a school that believes in all children. Vidal embodies the story of so many of our underprivileged children
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
but we could let that slip away. The tar sands could threaten not just a large section of the boreal. It compromises the life and the health of some of our most underprivileged and vulnerable people,
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August Alsina
American Musician
There are Black women who die while trying to give life to newborns because Black people are always overlooked, under-cared-for, underprivileged. It's been what it has been since the beginning of time. I know from my own experience dealing with the health-care system, having to spend so much money to go to the doctor and still be overlooked.
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Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
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Candice Swanepoel
South African Model
I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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Sarah Churchwell
American Educator
Sesame Street' was a pioneering educational T.V. show, intended to help underprivileged children. But even those of us middle-class kids spoilt for pedagogical choice couldn't get enough of it.
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Darrell Issa
American Politician
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.
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Jeremy Lin
American Athlete
I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.
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Arnel Pineda
Filipino Musician
We were an underprivileged family. My parents were both tailors. We got by. But we only had a few important things in our life.
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Raghava Lawrence
I run a trust through which we fund the education of underprivileged kids and better their life.
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August Alsina
American Musician
There are Black women who die while trying to give life to newborns because Black people are always overlooked, under-cared-for, underprivileged. It's been what it has been since the beginning of time. I know from my own experience dealing with the health-care system, having to spend so much money to go to the doctor and still be overlooked.
Quote examples
Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow.
Quote examples
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
Quote examples
Candice Swanepoel
South African Model
I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
Quote examples
Sarah Churchwell
American Educator
Sesame Street' was a pioneering educational T.V. show, intended to help underprivileged children. But even those of us middle-class kids spoilt for pedagogical choice couldn't get enough of it.
Quote examples
Darrell Issa
American Politician
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.
Quote examples
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.
Quote examples
Jeremy Lin
American Athlete
I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.
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Arnel Pineda
Filipino Musician
We were an underprivileged family. My parents were both tailors. We got by. But we only had a few important things in our life.
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Raghava Lawrence
I run a trust through which we fund the education of underprivileged kids and better their life.
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