overprivileged
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of overprivileged
First recorded in 1910–15; over- ( def. ) + privileged ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Students and administrators alike hate him, and the feeling is mutual; terms Hunham describes his overprivileged charges with range from “genuine troglodytes” to “snarling Visigoths.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024
He asks Bruce, a math teacher—who went from teaching underprivileged kids to teaching overprivileged kids—what happened to his idealism.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 27, 2019
As oblivious and exploitative as the overprivileged Parks can be, they’re also a real family with desires and dysfunctions all their own.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2019
The latter is basically an overgrown, overprivileged man-child; annoying but largely harmless.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2019
Like the other bachelorettes — and like so many overprivileged malcontents nowadays — she is looking in the wrong place for salvation: outside rather than within.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2012
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