marginalized

American  

[mahr-juh-nl-ahyzd] / ˈmɑr dʒə nlˌaɪzd /

especially British, marginalised

adjective

1. placed in a position of little or no importance, influence, or power.

   Technology has the power to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and strengthen our democracy.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of marginalize.

Etymology

Origin of marginalized

marginalize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

These feelings have morphed into, as I’ve heard it, “showing empathy for categories of people who are marginalized and villainized and did nothing to bring it on themselves.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Collecting in a wide range of styles still continues, including non-Jewish artists along with what a label calls—weirdly and confusingly, given the museum’s Judaic focus—“historically marginalized voices.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His political activism too was grounded in the desire to make life better for those historically marginalized by policy and culture.

From Los Angeles Times

More research is needed to explore how school reopening influenced children in marginalized communities, where the impact may have been even more significant.

From Science Daily

And when I accepted the role, we’re giving the Hollywood treatment to a bunch of marginalized communities and we’re telling truly with our film, “Latinos are Hollywood.”

From Los Angeles Times