unprivileged
Americanadjective
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lacking normal social or economic advantages or benefits; underprivileged.
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Computers. (of a user or account) having limited access to programs, data, functions within a program, etc.; not authorized to perform administrative tasks in a system.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, there may be page-by-page complexities to sort through, like if Mr. Trump has handwritten notes of his deliberative thinking on a particular sheet of an otherwise unprivileged document.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
The researchers who found the new flaw performed their exploit on a Linux system and recommended mitigations, including the Retpoline fixes and disabling unprivileged eBPF on Linux systems that don’t already have it disabled.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022
“Because appellant had not shown a false and unprivileged statement that is attributable to and authorized by respondents, the trial court made the right decision.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
He saw lawyers’ truest vocation as fighting for the unprivileged, and he was cheered when they lived up to the moral demands of their calling.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2018
She exercised brains, rare in any village, which enabled her to apprehend something withheld from the unprivileged classes, to wit:—that position carried with it crushing responsibilities and disabilities.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
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