deprived

[US]/dɪ'praɪvd/
[UK]/dɪ'praɪvd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.lacking food;lacking adequate education

Phrases & Collocations

emotionally deprived

deprived childhood

deprived of freedom

deprived of opportunities

be deprived of

Example Sentences

emotionally deprived children

the city was deprived of its water supplies.

the charity cares for destitute and deprived children.

the stark reality of life for deprived minorities.

She was deprived of schooling at ten.

They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war.

Most delinquent children have deprived backgrounds.

Archbishop Bancroft deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.

he was deprived of his licence for receiving a stolen load of whisky.

Sickness deprived me of the pleasure of meeting you.

They deprived the criminal of political rights for all his life.

These misfortunes almost deprived him of his reason.

The railways have been deprived of the money they need for modernization.

The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance.

she works on the feeling of severance, of being deprived of her mother.

The conference heard an appeal from a representative from one of the more deprived areas.

The characterization of photobiological hydrogen production for four marine green algae by sulfur-deprived and treated with uncoupler after dark anaerobic incubation was investigated.

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