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Adjective: deprived  du'prIvd
  1. Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
    "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"
    - disadvantaged
Verb: deprive  di'prIv
  1. Take away possessions from someone
    - strip, divest
     
  2. Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
     
  3. Take away
    - impoverish

See also: deprivation, underprivileged

Type of: decline, keep back, take, withhold, worsen

Antonym: enrich