deprived
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of deprived
Explanation
Being deprived means lacking important things like food and water. For example, when warm clothing, housing, and nutrition are in short supply, the people are deprived of basics of life. You can use the adjective deprived to describe conditions or people who don’t have what they need or don't have enough. Some uses of deprived are for small things, like when you're deprived of dessert because you didn’t eat your vegetables, but most of the time deprived describes a very serious lack of essential things or services.
Vocabulary lists containing deprived
The Bill of Rights
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Donald Trump Inauguration Address- January 20, 2017
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Example Sentences
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But he complained of the extra expense and being "deprived of the current technology".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
At the publisher Schocken Books, she worked on American editions of Kafka, helping give a second address to a Jewish literature deprived of much of its native readership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The gap is the difference between the 86.6% of better-off students who got A to C grades this year, compared to 71% of those in the most deprived areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Unified letter shows that the school board was laying the legal groundwork to dismiss Carvalho for cause, which would have deprived him of contractual severance payments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
That said, while the country was deprived of my mom's shampoo-commercial-quality tresses, there were also benefits to the Islamic Revolution.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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