Deprived
Deprived adjective - Kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment.
Usage example: deprived children growing up in the slums
Poor is a synonym for deprived in impoverished topic. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead the word "Deprived" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like disadvantaged.
Nearby Words: deprivation, depriving
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood
Deprived is a synonym for poor in poverty-stricken topic. You can use "Deprived" instead the word "Poor" as an adjective or a noun.
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How it happens: Say you have a favorite toy, one that you can't throw out but its value is purely sentimental, or you grew up in a deprived/poor environment and you had to save clothes and other objects to extend their use.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Live-Action TV - Justified, in the sense that he (along with Yusei and Crow) grew up as an poor orphan in Satellite, and they were so deprived that even eating cheap Cup Ramen is a considerable luxury for them.
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Lee and Rita are going to have a baby, Rita is finally opening a facility that should make the lives of technologically-deprived poor people much better... and then one of those same poor people fatally stabs her when he's supposed to be shaking his hand.
Source: Diabolus ex Machina
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