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Underprivileged vs Underresourced - What's the difference?

underprivileged | underresourced |

As adjectives the difference between underprivileged and underresourced

is that underprivileged is deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others while underresourced is having insufficient resources; poor.

As a noun underprivileged

is a deprived person; deprived people.

underprivileged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others.

    • See also

    * disenfranchised

    Noun

    (underprivileged)
  • A deprived person; deprived people.

    • underresourced

    English

    Alternative forms

    * under-resourced

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having insufficient resources; poor.
  • (politically correct) Having insufficient resources; poor.
  • *2000 , Steven R. Goldzwig and Patricia A. Sullivan, Electronic Democracy, Virtual Politics, and Local Communities'', in ''Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Robert E. Denton, ed.), page 68
  • *:Who was being served when mainstream media coverage focused on President Clinton's personal life rather than on issues in underresourced communities?