deprived

[ dih-prahyvd ]

adjective

1. marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter:

   a deprived childhood.

deprived

/ dɪˈpraɪvd /

adjective

1. lacking adequate food, shelter, education, etc

   deprived inner-city areas

Other Words From

• self-de·prived adjective
• unde·prived adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deprived¹

First recorded in 1545–55; deprive + -ed ²

Example Sentences

At Rolston Rest, sleep deprived and starving, my feet a mess, I thought of that view.

From Outside Online

Sullivan is rather busy these days and probably sleep deprived.

From Washington Post

In the end, that might be the thing I love best about my secondary pantry, that it provides me endless pathways to quick and simple dishes that, ultimately, make me feel a little less deprived, a little less stuck.

From Washington Post

Attitudes within the party were essentially unchanged; they just put new faces on an old, melanin-deprived product.

From The Daily Beast

Deprived of amplification, he silently stripped down and collapsed onstage.

From The Daily Beast

The Latvian government deprived him of citizenship for such activity.

From The Daily Beast

Ebony had been 12 when her mother was suddenly deprived of her livelihood.

From The Daily Beast

Ironically, the weather front deprived the passengers on Flight 630 of further Internet access.

From The Daily Beast

A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.

From Project Gutenberg

From a sense of justice, I hastened to remunerate those who had been deprived of their coign of vantage, but, alas!

From Project Gutenberg

Freed from his presence, Black Sheep resolved that he should no longer be deprived of his allowance of pleasure-reading.

From Project Gutenberg

When he was good for a week, he drew good-conduct pay; and when he was bad, he was deprived of his good-conduct-stripe.

From Project Gutenberg

On a few previous occasions she had been completely deprived of any desire to finish her dinner.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• destitute
• disadvantaged
• dispossessed
• needy
• underprivileged