be deprived
Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words
Indicates a state of lacking basic necessities or opportunities.
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Examples (10)
- No child should be deprived of love and a safe home.
- The prisoners were severely deprived of food and water.
- After the reforms, many rural communities were still deprived of basic services.
- The plants will die if they are deprived of sunlight for too long.
- Being deprived of sleep can seriously affect your judgment and health.
- He felt emotionally deprived as a child because his parents were never around.
- The report highlighted how many elderly people are deprived of social contact.
- It's a tragedy that so many people are deprived of the opportunity to get an education.
- The stray cat had clearly been deprived of proper care for months.
- Why should anyone be deprived of their fundamental human rights?