'Deprived' definitions:

Definition of 'deprived'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: deprived, disadvantaged]

Definition of 'Deprived'

From: GCIDE
  • Deprive \De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]
  • 1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. [1913 Webster]
  • God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster]
  • A minister deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.
  • Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'deprived'

From: GCIDE
  • deprived \deprived\ adj. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental or social influences; as, 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.
  • Syn: disadvantaged. [WordNet 1.5]