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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disadvantaged
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]