Poverty And Inequality Vocabulary

noun a person, place, thing, or idea

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The children were deprived of proper education due to the lack of resources in their community.
• I feel like I've been deprived of sleep all week.
• She was totally deprived of any chill during the argument.
• The painting looked incomplete, as if it had been deprived of color.

noun a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor

• The government is working on improving the living conditions in the slum areas.
• I heard there's a new community center coming up in the slum.
• The slum is rough, but the people there are real survivors.
• In the slum of despair, hope can still be found if you look hard enough.

noun a person or group of people who are disadvantaged in this way

adjective describing a person or group of people who lack the financial or social advantages that others have

• It is important to provide support and resources for underprivileged communities.
• We should help out those who are underprivileged and in need.
• We gotta look out for the underprivileged folks, ya know?
• In a world full of opportunities, the underprivileged are often left in the shadows.