deprived

adjective

1. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

- a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity

- boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law

Similar word(s): underprivileged, disadvantaged

verb

1. past participle of deprive