dispossessed
/ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/
adjective
- Having been forced to leave a home or property, or deprived of possessions or rights.
- Many indigenous peoples remain dispossessed of their ancestral lands.
- The novel tells the story of a dispossessed nobleman struggling to survive.
- The dispossessed families camped on the outskirts of the city after the flood.
Antonyms
verb
- Past tense of dispossess: to deprive someone of land, property, or a right.
- The invading army dispossessed the local population.
- They were dispossessed of their home by the bank.
- The new law dispossessed thousands of small farmers.
noun
- People who have been deprived of their homes, property, or rights (used collectively).
- The charity provides aid to the dispossessed.
- The documentary focuses on the lives of the urban dispossessed.
- A movement arose to defend the rights of the dispossessed.