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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences;
- Example: "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"
- Example: "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law"
[syn: deprived, disadvantaged]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deprive \De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest
   of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF.
   depriver. See Private.]
   1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
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            'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak.
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   2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from
      possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter
      object, usually preceded by of.
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            God hath deprived her of wisdom.      --Job xxxix.
                                                  17.
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            It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over
            himself.                              --Macaulay.
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   3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity,
      especially ecclesiastical.
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            A minister deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.

   Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deprived \deprived\ adj.
   marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life
   or healthful environmental or social influences; as, a
   childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living
   off charity; boys from a deprived environment, wherein the
   family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation,
   and disregard for law.

   Syn: disadvantaged.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deprived
    adj 1: marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of
           life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood
           that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off
           charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the
           family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral
           degradation, and disregard for law" [syn: deprived,
           disadvantaged]