unaffluent

adjective

Definition of unaffluentnext
as in deprived

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffluent
  1. deprived
  2. disadvantaged
  3. underprivileged
  4. impecunious
  5. poor
  6. needy
  7. impoverished
  8. dispossessed
Adjective
  • People from certain ethnic groups and those living in deprived areas are waiting longer for public healthcare in England, an analysis has shown.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The house, built for the aristocracy nearly 300 years ago, was divided into 19 tenement flats in the late 19th century as the area became more deprived and crowded.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 June 2024
Definition of deprived
Adjective
  • These funding projects went toward various infrastructure needs, and 42 percent of the $4.2 billion worth of funding went to disadvantaged communities, following through on President Joe Biden's Justice40 Initiative.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The money would come from funds that had been granted to Habitat for Humanity for development of affordable, zero-energy homes on vacant lots in disadvantaged communities, according to the legislation.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of disadvantaged
Adjective
  • More than any of the wide-ranging jobs Miranda has taken on in the past five years, The Warriors, a classic yarn about underprivileged New Yorkers weathering an arduous power struggle, is catnip for the 44-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning polymath.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The evening benefitted the Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation, a Scottish scholarship charity that provides internship opportunities for adult college students, mostly from underprivileged backgrounds.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of underprivileged
Adjective
  • Even the Kremlin’s own human rights council had denounced the charges as unwarranted, adding its voice to a chorus of support for Prokopyeva in what became a battle of wills between an impecunious local reporter and Russia’s powerful security apparatus.
    Andrew Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2020
  • His half-Danish father, Prince Andrew, second in line to the Greek throne, was sentenced to death after the army was defeated in Smyrna by the Turks, saved only by the intervention of George V. In 1930, after eight years of impecunious exile in Paris, the family dispersed.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
Definition of impecunious
Adjective
  • Exposure to high concentrations can cause people to lose consciousness and can lead to long-term effects such as headaches, poor attention span, poor memory and poor motor function, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
    Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • More than 40% of pregnant people were exposed to extreme heat, and nearly three-quarters lived in areas with poor air quality, the report found.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • In The Social Network’s famous opening scene, Jesse Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg is dumped by a Boston University student, played by Rooney Mara, who can’t stand his needy obsession with Harvard’s final clubs.
    Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That changed earlier this year, when USA TODAY began asking for records showing the department’s efforts to reach needy communities.
    Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of needy
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, in recent years, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has embraced and promoted an impoverished worldview regarding gender and sexuality.
    Enquirer staff, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
  • On an international level, too..., one country’s climate response can easily leave another country impoverished, either through neglect, foolishness or outright malevolence.
    Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • The remnants reflected the lives of dispossessed and displaced people.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 19 May 2022
  • Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
Definition of dispossessed
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Thesaurus Entries Near unaffluent

unaffiliated

unaffluent

unaffordable

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