Adjective: deprived di'prIvd
- Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
"boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law"; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity";
- disadvantaged
- Take away possessions, function, power or title
"The Nazis deprived the Jews of all their assets";
- strip, divest
- Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
"The new law deprived citizens of certain freedoms"
See also: underprivileged
Type of: keep back, take, withhold
Encyclopedia: Deprive