deprived
deprived
adjective
/dɪˈpraɪvd/
1 ​without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life
a deprived childhood/background/area
economically/emotionally/socially deprived
children who are deprived of love
emotionally deprived children
plants that are totally deprived of light
He had a deprived childhood in a London slum.
It's a very deprived area, with no amenities.
TOPICS Social issues C2
Synonyms poor
Collocations
verbs
befeel
adverb
extremelyseverelyvery…
preposition
of
2 ​-deprived suffering from a lack of the thing mentioned
The American adult population is chronically sleep-deprived.
This movie is seriously humour-deprived.