deprived

deprived
   poor
   Literally, having lost something, which is not so for most paupers:
    Deprived Families on Increase (headline in Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1983, meaning that there were more poor families rather than the other constructions which might be put upon the four words)
   Whence deprivation, poverty:
    By constantly devoting attention and resources to the least advantageous section of the community, deprivation can be eliminated altogether. (Hattersley, 1995)

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