underprivileged nation

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• underprivileged — Synonyms and related words: badly off, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, chronic poor, chronic poverty area, common, demeaning, depressed, depressed class, depressed population, deprived, dire, disadvantaged, donsie, doomful, evil starred,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• un|der|priv|i|leged — «UHN duhr PRIHV uh lihjd», adjective. having fewer advantages than most people have, especially because of poor economic or social status: »an underprivileged nation, an underprivileged child …   Useful english dictionary

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• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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• Hyperghettoization — refers to the extreme concentration of underprivileged groups in the inner cities Hurst, Charles. Social Inequalities: Froms, Causes, and Consequences. 6th Edition. Pp. 263,274, glossary] . This movement has occurred for centuries and is still in …   Wikipedia

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