unaffluent

adjective

Definition of unaffluentnext
as in deprived

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffluent
  1. deprived
  2. disadvantaged
  3. underprivileged
  4. impecunious
  5. poor
  6. needy
  7. impoverished
  8. dispossessed
Adjective
  • On the back of a million-pound investment in 2012, the community has organized to restore life to a deprived area hit hard by austerity.
    — Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Will kids living in deprived areas, without thriving industries, have fewer options?
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 July 2026
Definition of deprived
Adjective
  • The state also provides categorical funding, which supports specific student groups like English learners and economically disadvantaged students, and services like transportation and enhanced security.
    — Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The typical victims are old, poor, and socially isolated residents of disadvantaged areas, making heat waves invisible killers of people largely invisible in public life.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of disadvantaged
Adjective
  • While in the city, Diana met AIDS patients at a hospital in Harlem, went to the famous toy store FAO Schwarz, visited with underprivileged children, and attended a gala dinner.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 21 July 2026
  • Funds have also been raised to send underprivileged children to different day camps, and a scholarship has been established at her theater group, Lindsey says.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of underprivileged
Adjective
  • Traumatized into silence, the de facto orphan stays living with the kindly but guilt-ridden, grieving and impecunious Hiroshi.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Since then, it has been performed across much of the world, being ideally suited to these impecunious times and very masterfully written.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of impecunious
Adjective
  • On the other lies a park in one of the Bronx’s poorest communities, built on the site of the former Yankee Stadium after the old home of the Yankees was torn down in 2009 and 2010.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war too, with poor economic conditions a key driving factor behind the anti-regime demonstrations which kicked off in the Iranian capital city Tehran in 2025.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • Means testing would also target funds to needy families that struggle to matriculate to higher or professional education.
    — John Ketcham, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Howl’s needy nature led to one of Ly’s favorite videos, another captured in the spur of the moment during a hectic packing session.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of needy
Adjective
  • About one-fifth of Florida’s impoverished elderly people live in the county, state records show.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Behind the scenes, this gritty, impoverished circus company wrestles with violence, illness and animal cruelty.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.
    — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Definition of dispossessed
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“Unaffluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffluent. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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