unprivileged

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Recent Examples of unprivileged The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025 The researchers demonstrate how an unprivileged remote attacker can then recover secrets stored in Gmail, Amazon, and Reddit when the target is authenticated. Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025 Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned. Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy. Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022 The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022 Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022 Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver? Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020 However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
Adjective
  • Medicaid is a state-federal program that provides healthcare services to 4.2 million needy Floridians — mainly children, the disabled, pregnant women, parents and caretakers.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Deep, Dark Truth Your phone, when left to its own devices, is a needy little thing.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The office released records on the indigent kits given out over four months of last year, starting May 1, 2024.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In response to a lawsuit, the county in 2020 agreed to increase budget allocations for indigent defense.
    Robert Greene, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In 1909, Milton and Kitty founded the Hershey Industrial School, which provided free education and housing to orphans and underprivileged children.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The students were all previously enrolled in the university’s Insights program, which helps underprivileged young people get into the arts.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Criminal justice scholars say that when scores based on immutable facts are weighted so heavily in parole decisions, prisoners from impoverished, racially segregated communities are more likely to be hurt.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The once-vacant lot across the street from her childhood playground on Washington Avenue is now home to Wilcox Academy, an early learning center that represents a powerful investment in a historically impoverished community.
    Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The designer’s philanthropic pursuits included Foundation 59, an organization that supports disadvantaged young people, and a women’s fundraising group for the National Gallery of Victoria.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In mid-March, the White House issued an executive order aimed at stripping down the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, an office at the Treasury Department that supports lending to disadvantaged people, businesses and places.
    Lydia DePillis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lillian Feldman was born to impecunious Jewish emigres in Cincinnati on July 13, 1927, the twelfth of thirteen children who were encouraged by their mother to draw on the walls.
    News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • Eugene was penniless and in debt to his sister to the tune of $2,000.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Unfortunately, not long after Sow arrived in early 2022, the school went out of business, leaving the 15-year-old homeless and penniless with nowhere to go.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of the 221 Nicaraguans were left completely destitute.
    CD Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The bank seizes the family’s assets, leaving them relatively destitute.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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