Dictionary entry
Underprivileged
Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd/
Pronunciation
/ʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd/
Myanmar Meaning
အခြားသူများထက် လျှော့သည့် ဝင်ငွေ၊ အခွင့်အရေး လျော့၍ ရှိသော။ သာမန်ထက် ဝင်ငွေ၊ အခွင့်အရေး လျော့၍ ရရှိသည်။
Definition
underprivileged / ʌndǝ'prÇvǝlÇdʒd / adj ခ်ဳိ႕ငဲ့ေသာ။ ႏြမ္းပါးေသာ။ special holidays for underprivileged children. ❏ the underprivileged n [pl v ] ခ်ဳိ႕ငဲ့သူတို႔။ ႏြမ္းပါးသူတို႔။ her work among the underprivileged.
Examples
- ‘The centre in Sussex Square provides a place for underprivileged families to socialise and get support and advice.’
- ‘They tend to have negative attitudes towards poor people
- underprivileged groups
- and minorities.’
- ‘Last week
- our Head Boy organized a charity for the underprivileged children in Iavindat.’
- ‘These toys will be sent to underprivileged children in Third World countries.’
- ‘The Hales family
- all of whom are involved in athletics
- have set up a trust fund to help underprivileged athletes in Bolton.’
- ‘This occasion
- as in previous years
- was one of happiness and support for underprivileged people in society.’
- ‘They have introduced educational programmes for underprivileged children.’
- ‘It was my childhood desire to assist underprivileged people of Third World countries in any way I could.’
- ‘Instead of gifts
- the couple had asked that guests make donations to the Aconchego day care centre for underprivileged children.’
- ‘The school provides free room
- board
- and education to underprivileged children.’
- ‘There are underprivileged individuals and groups in the First World
- as well as in the Third and New Second Worlds.’
- ‘The local administration has waived all charges for all underprivileged patients in hospitals.’
- ‘This is an annual project in which toys games etc. are sent to underprivileged children in foreign countries.’
- ‘I got so into the article that I wanted to give back to underprivileged children.’
- ‘Proceeds from the show will go towards a Christmas party for the underprivileged residents of Fyzabad.’
- ‘A teenager who gave up a summer holiday in the French sunshine to help underprivileged children has been given a national award.’
- ‘He is undertaking the walk in order to raise money for victims of the tsunami disaster and underprivileged people in the local community.’
- ‘Steve plans to fly out to Albania with the climbing gear to give underprivileged children from that country the chance to try the sport on a summer camp.’
- ‘Wagner went in a different direction
- starting a foundation for underprivileged kids.’
- ‘Christmas came early this year for underprivileged children from across the district.’