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
  • States and food pantries cannot cover food for needy elderly, children and the disabled without federal support.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
  • Another calls for evaluating whether hospitals' use of the federal 340b program is following the intent of serving needy populations.
    Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Hearings began in Boston Municipal Court on Monday and continued on Tuesday, with at least four unrepresented indigent defendants, or those who cannot afford a private attorney, being released.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
  • Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides medical coverage to indigent Wisconsin residents and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
    Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • The 58-year-old spent the day with underprivileged children, sharing anecdotes and promoting equity through sport.
    David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • The homes and businesses of the city's more underprivileged citizens stood in the flood zones; the needy lost more lives and property than those high on the hills.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many are located in impoverished barrios dominated by criminals — who are now demanding a cut of their tuition fees.
    John Otis, NPR, 7 July 2025
  • The ignorant need cultural immersion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, which tells the story of those who fled the Cuban island that went from a free, prosperous republic to an oppressive, impoverished dictatorship within a single generation.
    Luka Ladan, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • State, local, and tribal agencies also play a critical role in monitoring air quality, such as New York’s Community Air Monitoring Initiative, which tracked pollution for a year using mobile monitoring in 10 disadvantaged communities with high air pollution burdens.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
  • Private school scholarships not ‘for disadvantaged families’ Republican leaders have consistently pitched a statewide school choice program as an opportunity to empower families without financial means to get their children out of failing schools.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 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
  • The book, based entirely on a true story according to its writer, detailed the pair’s penniless trek camping along the British coast.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
  • Arnaz’s maternal grandfather, Alberto de Acha, was an executive at rum producer Bacardi & Co. The man born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba on March 2, 1917, arrived penniless in Miami before his 17th birthday.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • While talks fell apart back in the day, coming away from a global pandemic can serve as an inspiration for a director and scribe whose previous work on the subject seemed prescience for a year when 2020 was destitute and shut down.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2025
  • In fact, the words were taken from a description of the central character of Les Misérables, destitute following his conviction for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s starving children.
    Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025

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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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