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# deprived

adjective (deprived, more deprived, most deprived); past form of verb deprive (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)

«deprived» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Deprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#m1)
2. Deprived of something means kept from having it, for example "deprived of sleep". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#m2)
3. (formal) To be deprived of a right or thing means it was taken away from you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and social studies lessons we read about deprived areas and how to help them. In health and safety lessons: being deprived of sleep or water is dangerous. In stories a deprived child may grow up poor or lonely. Phrases: deprived of, deprived area, sleep-deprived, a deprived childhood.

### Examples

- Many families in deprived areas get help from food banks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x1)
- Plants deprived of light turn pale and weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x2)
- The tired driver was deprived of sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x3)
- The charity builds schools in deprived villages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x4)
- He felt deprived when his phone was taken away for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x5)
- The prisoners were deprived of their freedom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x6)
- Here is your own sword, which the guards deprived you of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/#x7)

### Note

Use "deprived of" + the thing missing. Noun: deprivation. Similar words: poor, disadvantaged, needy. A softer, polite word for poor in official talk. In science: a plant deprived of water wilts.

## In Jewish tradition

In geography and social studies lessons we read about deprived areas and how to help them. In health and safety lessons: being deprived of sleep or water is dangerous. In stories a deprived child may grow up poor or lonely. Phrases: deprived of, deprived area, sleep-deprived, a deprived childhood.

### Examples

- The Monail, or unity, is that quantity which, being deprived of all nnnibcr, remains fixed : whence called Monad. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deprived/#x1)
- Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding. (Writings JOB.39.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deprived/#x2)
- I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Prophets ISA.38.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deprived/#x3)

### Note

Use "deprived of" + the thing missing. Noun: deprivation. Similar words: poor, disadvantaged, needy. A softer, polite word for poor in official talk. In science: a plant deprived of water wilts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deprived» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprived/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «deprived» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deprived/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deprived» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/deprived.html) on Mova free.