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BNC: 23005 COCA: 23699

dispossessed

dispossessed /ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/ adjective
dispossessed
/ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/
adjective
Learner's definition of DISPOSSESSED
always used before a noun formal
: having had your land, possessions, etc., taken away from you(土地、财产等)被剥夺的

the dispossessed

: people whose land, possessions, etc., have been taken away from them被剥夺了土地(或财产)的人;流离失所的人
BNC: 23005 COCA: 23699

dispossessed

adjective

dis·​pos·​sessed ˌdis-pə-ˈzest How to pronounce dispossessed (audio)
 also  -ˈsest
: deprived of homes, possessions, and security

Example Sentences

The organization helps dispossessed people rebuild their lives.
Recent Examples on the Web Burly yet soft-spoken, Elber has served as a political operative for three decades in the dispossessed, largely black communities of the Chocó. Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016 Otherwise, this is what the land looked like millennia ago when it was settled by the Esalen tribe, Big Sur’s first dispossessed people. Josh Marcus, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2019 Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed. Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022 Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction? Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022 And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland. Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021 Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated. Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021 But for the world’s dispossessed, social media, smartphones and the internet can be fragile, even potentially dangerous tethers to the rest of the world. Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021 Driven out of their homes in Afghanistan, the dispossessed young Afghans thrived in the refugee camps, in part due to ties of ethnicity as Pashtuns. Sohel Rana, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dispossessed was in the 15th century
BNC: 23005 COCA: 23699

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