underprivileged
denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
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There are millions of eager, young college graduates right now that would jump at the chance to make a difference in the world by mentoring underprivileged students—especially if they can get paid for their work.
American students need help through the pandemic, and the U.K.’s tutoring program could be a model | Jake Meth | January 13, 2021 | FortuneFor Goldberg in particular, he recognizes that with each visit and mentorship with underprivileged kids that his nonprofit facilitates, he has grown on a personal and professional level.
Reggie Fils-Aimé spends his retirement helping underprivileged youths | Elise Favis | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostHe also co-founded a nonprofit, Lincoln Hills Cares, that provides outdoor opportunities for Colorado’s underprivileged youth.
A dodgy deal helped make him a billionaire. It worked, until now. | Peter Whoriskey, Yeganeh Torbati, Keith L. Alexander | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostClimate justice is a term and a movement that acknowledges the negative social, economic and public health effects of climate change on underprivileged populations.
Environment Report: Gómez and Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Climate Injustice and More | MacKenzie Elmer | October 12, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe agency is doling out $20 billion to Internet service providers who can connect customers in rural and underprivileged areas.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Internet service, Starlink, officially reveals download speeds | Aaron Pressman | September 3, 2020 | Fortune
Louisa also devotes much of her time to feeding underprivileged children in the desolate Kurland Village in South Africa.
These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Louisa Treger | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI saw personally, firsthand, what drug use and drug abuse is doing to an underprivileged population.
Can Congress Get Stoned Now That D.C. Has Legalized Marijuana? | Abby Haglage | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the first time I remember was at Sussex Camp for underprivileged Jewish Children.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCollecting donations for the underprivileged chimpanzees of the Congo.
A new report shows underprivileged children who get to eat at school each morning perform better academically and even afterward.
Study Says School Breakfasts Can Improve Graduation Rate for Kids | Eliza Shapiro | March 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI never met the Baron, but I want the public to know what great work he did for an underprivileged group.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyDo you recall that in 1949 you were a leader and counselor to underprivileged children, a children's club group in Columbus, Ohio?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt was exactly as you have described it, a group of underprivileged children.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe rude forefathers are not primarily presented as underprivileged.
There was the day he went upstate on an outing for underprivileged boys and went fishing for the first time.
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British Dictionary definitions for underprivileged
/ (ˌʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) /
lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society; deprived
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