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
  • There are a few quarterback-needy teams at the top of the draft that could select Sanders or Ward.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This is not about someone being punished for trying to feed needy children.
    David Chiu, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet over the past two decades, state auditors have repeatedly noted the county was failing to adequately provide indigent counsel.
    Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The city has yanked the contract to represent indigent New Yorkers in Queens from a troubled non-profit which cut ties in February with its founder and long-time executive director.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Soon after, Henley formed Developing Options, a nonprofit involved in gang intervention that also provided underprivileged children a safe outlet in sports.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These navigators link impoverished Floridians with the network of religious and community organizations that support them and teach them how to take of themselves, according to Hope Florida’s supporters.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
  • On the idyllic shores of the once popular tourist hot spot Inle Lake, in southern Shan state, the earthquake destroyed hundreds of bamboo houses on stilts occupied by impoverished villagers, according to aid workers.
    Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The suggestion that the playing field is unfairly stacked in favor of people accused of crimes and that prosecutors are somehow disadvantaged is an audacious claim.
    John Grisham, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The president has indicated those include Pell grants for low-income college students, aid for students from disadvantaged families and programs for students with disabilities.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 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
  • Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary 2001 film about a performer at the famed Parisian nightclub who falls in love with a penniless composer comes to life onstage in March 2026.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Paiva can’t even access their accounts without her husband’s signature, making the family suddenly destitute.
    Cristina Escobar, refinery29.com, 18 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 17 Apr. 2025.

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