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deprived

 
 
/dɪˈpraɪvd/ adjective

Translation

not having enough food, money, and the things that you need to have a normal life
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children from deprived backgrounds 9291417
(Definition of deprived adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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