negatively privileged
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lacking benefits or advantages in society.
Example Sentences
- "Second, one might misunderstand Weber, as well as what follows, as an attempt at a complete explanation of the failures of negatively privileged groups to act politically in their own interests."
- "When a negatively privileged challenger faces a positively privileged target, exchange and persuasion are not likely, because the challenger has no positive inducements for the target. The initiative therefore rests with the challenger."
Inflected Forms
more negatively privileged (comparative)
most negatively privileged (superlative)