overprivileged

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ privileged.

Adjective

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overprivileged (comparative more overprivileged, superlative most overprivileged)

  1. Being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.
    • 2007 March 29, “Service Benefits Kids (1 Letter)”, in New York Times[1]:
      If overprivileged private school kids see that there are people in the world less fortunate than they are, that is undoubtedly a good thing.

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