1 [usuallybeforenoun] having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society
SYNDISADVANTAGED:
underprivileged sections of the community * educationally / socially underprivileged groups
comparePRIVILEGED
2 (the underprivileged) noun [pl.] people who are underprivileged
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is underprivileged a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, underprivileged is tagged as adjective.
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