nonprivileged

Lacking special status

Nonprivileged describes someone or something lacking special rights, advantages, or elevated status.

In computing, a nonprivileged user or process operates with restricted access—unable to modify system files or execute administrative commands: The script runs in nonprivileged mode.

In social contexts, it refers to those without the advantages that come with wealth, status, or membership in a dominant group.

disadvantaged

underserved

Insufficiently provided for

vulnerable · disenfranchised · powerless · deprived · struggling · oppressed · lower-class · working-class · neglected · forgotten

sociopolitical

discriminated

Treated unequally based on category

subaltern · voiceless · silenced · unheard · scapegoated · segregated · outcast · othered · second-class · subordinated

economic

low-income

Earning below average wages

underemployed · uninsured · cash-strapped · means-tested

access

underrepresented

Insufficiently present in proportion

barrier · disparity · representation · diversity · gatekept

Opposites
social advantage and status

nonprivilegedprivileged

Having special advantages

elite · advantaged · upper class · wealthy · favored

computing/access permissions

nonprivilegedprivileged

Having special advantages

superuser · root · admin · administrator · elevated

Family

privacy, privilege, privileged, privy, deprivation, underprivileged, unprivileged

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