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underprivileged
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noun (singular or plural underprivileged)
  1. A deprived person; deprived people.
adjective
  1. deprived, Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of other members of one's community.
underworld
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noun
  1. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
  2. (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
universal
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adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the universe.
  2. Common to all members of a group or class.
  3. Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench.
upper class
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noun
  1. those people at the top of a social hierarchy
  2. the aristocracy
urbanism
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noun
  1. the culture or way of life of people who live in cities
  2. urbanization
urbanist
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noun
  1. a person who studies cities and their growth
  2. an urban planner
urbanite
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noun
  1. someone who lives in a city or similar urban area
  2. a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professional
urbanize
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verb (urbaniz, ing)
  1. To make something more urban in character.
  2. To take up an urban way of life.
urbanology
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noun
  1. The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns
urban planning
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noun
  1. the conscious design of towns and cities
  2. the science of such design
urban sprawl
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noun
  1. an unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc on the edge of a city
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