What is the meaning of deprived?

verb

  • Take away possessions from someone.
    • usage: "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
  • Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining.
  • Take away.

adjective

  • Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
    • usage: "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"
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