GC: adj, n

S: UN – http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40902 (last access: 12 April 2013); UNESCO – http://www.unescobkk.org/education/news/article/a-revolution-in-education-for-the-underprivileged/ (last access: 2 September 2014).

N: 1. – underprivileged (adj.): 1896, from under + past participle of privilege (v.). Noun use (short for underprivileged persons) is attested from 1935.
2. having less money, education, etc., than the other people in a society : having fewer advantages, privileges, and opportunities than most people : poor or disadvantaged.
3. deprived through social or economic condition of some of the fundamental rights of all members of a civilized society.

• of or relating to underprivileged people .

4. (Of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:

• needy and underprivileged members of the community
• (as plural noun the underprivileged) the plight of the underprivileged.

S: 1. OED – http://bit.do/ezHzJ (last access: 4 September 2014). 2 & 3. MW – http://bit.do/ezHzR (last access: 2 September 2014). 4. OD – http://bit.do/ezHz3 (last access: 2 September 2014).

SYN: deprived

S: EC – http://bit.do/ezHDs (last access: 30 October 2018)

CR: inequalities, misery, poverty, poverty line.