underprivileged

Example Sentences

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Most of them are from poor and underprivileged families who live at the edge of the town.

From BBC

These visceral moments evoke the sense of empowerment motorbiking creates for otherwise underprivileged — young, primarily Black and brown — people.

From New York Times

Businesses that don’t accept cash are by design or ignorance excluding a broad class of potential customers and making the neighborhoods they serve hostile to the underprivileged.

From Seattle Times

For decades, dating to the early 20th century, federal and municipal zoning regulations have set polluting industries near the doorsteps of underprivileged groups.

From Washington Post

The legal woes have even delayed a charitable plan that could distribute millions of dollars through educational scholarships for underprivileged children in South Carolina and Georgia.

From Fox News