disadvantaged

culturally deprived

euphemism Impoverished; lower class. Culturally deprived people like us are shunned from a lot of places on this side of town. We were culturally deprived growing up, so each one of my siblings and I understood the value of a hard-earned paycheck by the time we left school. We have the prestigious family name to think about, so, no, I don't want my son dating a girl who's culturally deprived.

See also: culturally

culturally disadvantaged

euphemism Impoverished; lower class. Culturally disadvantaged people like us are shunned from a lot of places on this side of town. We were culturally disadvantaged growing up, so each one of my siblings and I understood the value of a hard-earned paycheck by the time we left school. We have the prestigious family name to think about, so, no, I don't want my son dating a girl who's culturally disadvantaged.

See also: culturally, disadvantaged

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culturally deprived

 and culturally disadvantaged

Euph. poor; lower-class. Joe is working at a summer camp for culturally deprived children. Jane grew up in a culturally disadvantaged neighborhood.

See also: culturally

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