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The phrase "a deprived background" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who has come from a situation of poverty or lack of resources.
Example: "Despite having a deprived background, she worked hard to achieve her dreams and succeed in life."
Alternatives: "a disadvantaged background" or "an underprivileged background."
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He later recalled walking to school shoeless – but Taylor was not from a deprived background.
The Commission defined applicants as coming from a deprived background if they came from an area that was among the 40% most under-privileged in England.
I was concentrating on Dalgliesh, and also by this point had Kate Miskin [Dalgliesh's sidekick], who's very like Cordelia – a gutsy girl from a deprived background.
"I was interested in this phenomenon of the quintessential American girl from a deprived background in the 1940's, who would in a few years, as if by magic, become Marilyn Monroe," she said.
The spokeswoman added that the location of a school did not ensure that the pupils would be from a deprived background because "parents are free to select their school of choice".
Their belief in magic is an escape route from a deprived background and a call for help in a world that only gives them endless consumer goods and a bad education.
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Moreover, it appeared that the GOHAI questionnaire was more discriminant and was able to identify participants with a high number of decayed teeth, a low number of teeth or a socially deprived background.
Young pregnant women who continue a pregnancy are primarily from a socioeconomically deprived background.
'I said: "Second point: tell me how a bright guy or girl from a socially deprived background can actually make the transition through the education system at the moment unless they get a scholarship or go to a grammar school?" He said: "I agree with you".
Patients with type 1 DM from a more deprived background were likely to develop retinopathy earlier than those from a less deprived background.
Fifty-six (66.7%) were from a socially deprived background.
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