deprived
Denied basic needs
Deprived describes someone or something lacking basic necessities or advantages that others have.
A deprived childhood lacks adequate care, resources, or opportunities.
Deprived areas suffer from poverty and limited services.
The word implies not just absence but wrongful absence—something that should be present isn't: Sleep-deprived parents struggled through the early months.
Severe lack of resources
- destituteUtterly without means
- needyWanting in essentials
- poorLacking sufficient resources
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
want · scarcity · penury · indigent · squalor · starvation · malnutrition · subsistence
Having too little
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- shortOf limited extent
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
starved · denied · without · devoid · bereft · empty · unfulfilled · inadequate
Removed from property legally
- displacedShifted from proper location
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
- expropriatedTaken by authority
- oustedRemoved from position
foreclosed · repossessed · stripped · bereft · robbed · landless · homeless · uprooted
Lacking usual social advantages
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
powerless · voiceless · excluded · oppressed · struggling · alienated · inequality · barriers
Lacking supervision or care
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
unnoticed · undervalued · unappreciated · discarded · forgotten · unloved · uncared-for · dismissed
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achingExperiencing dull pain
- hungryWanting to eat
thirsting · wistful · nostalgic · wanting · desirous · wishing · envious · covetous
Utterly depleted of energy
- fatiguedDrained of energy
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
groggy · unrested · insomniac · overtired · bleary · drained · jet-lagged · restless
Separated from others
- confinedKept within bounds
- unstimulatedNot prompted into action
- restrictedLimited in scope
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
solitary · understimulated · muted · dulled · cutoff
poverty
Severe lack of resources
hardship · want · scarcity · penury · indigent · squalor · starvation · malnutrition · subsistence · meager
deficient
Having too little
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- shortOf limited extent
missing · starved · denied · without · devoid · bereft · empty · unfulfilled · inadequate · sparse
evicted
Removed from property legally
- displacedShifted from proper location
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
- expropriatedTaken by authority
ousted · foreclosed · repossessed · stripped · bereft · robbed · landless · homeless · uprooted · expelled
underprivileged
Lacking usual social advantages
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
disenfranchised · powerless · voiceless · excluded · oppressed · struggling · alienated · inequality · barriers · discriminated
unattended
Lacking supervision or care
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
forsaken · unnoticed · undervalued · unappreciated · discarded · forgotten · unloved · uncared-for · dismissed · sidelined
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
hungry · thirsting · wistful · nostalgic · wanting · desirous · wishing · envious · covetous
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
drowsy · groggy · unrested · insomniac · overtired · bleary · drained · jet-lagged · restless · wakeful
isolated
Separated from others
- confinedKept within bounds
- unstimulatedNot prompted into action
- restrictedLimited in scope
monotonous · solitary · understimulated · muted · dulled · cutoff
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- unfulfilledunfulfilled, unsatisfied, dissatisfied, unmet, incomplete
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- hungerhunger, hungry, starving, starvation, famished
deprivedprivileged
Having special advantages
advantaged · affluent · wealthy · rich · prosperous
deprivedspoiled
Ruined or overindulged
pampered · indulged · coddled · privileged · overindulged
- sleep deprivedLacking adequate rest
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- sensory deprivationBlocking all external stimuli
- sensory deprivation tankLightless pod for floating
- emotional deprivationAbsence of nurturing bonds