depravation

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"In Invergordon we have areas of social depravation but no funding to put into anything," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023

The new lawsuit alleges negligence and the depravation of benefits, based on the emotional or financial support that Hutchins previously provided to younger sister Svetlana Zemko and parents Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Wallenda, who has made successful walks across Niagara Falls and above Times Square, said he has been training with an oxygen depravation mask to mirror the conditions above the volcano.

From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2020

In a sublime study of gradual depravation, Arquette transforms into a deeply unmotivated prison employee who is hardened by her own unhappiness, succumbing to both desire and resentment.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2018

One virtue only in a vicious character might convert it entirely to virtue, as one vice only in a virtuous might lead it to utter depravation.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various