Example sentences for: underprivileged

How can you use “underprivileged” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is common knowledge among criminologists that "the death penalty strikes first and foremost at the underprivileged.

  • One of my opponents wants to allow the Department of Education to cut off money to underprivileged children if those children do not improve their test scores over a three-year period."

  • In high dudgeon, the sophisticated Polish lady thus addressed replied, indignantly, “Did you think it an underprivileged country?

  • "I was pleased to (sponsor the legislation) because it will provide access to legal services to the poor and underprivileged in Kentucky that otherwise would have been denied them because of federal budget cuts and because of some reduction in funds because of state budget," Geveden said.

  • A former president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Zelon, 49, says her 30 years of public-interest work have allowed her to understand the legal needs of the underprivileged.


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