[
UK
/dˌɪspəzˈɛst/
]
[ US /ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another
How To Use dispossessed In A Sentence
- In many of the worlds' bigger airports, the homeless and the dispossessed and the plain crooked are increasingly congregating, realising the scope they provide for buckshee food, drink, beds and bathroom facilities.
- His father once asked for a cock-a-doodle-doo when the word for chicken eluded him. If you don't possess a language, you are dispossessed.
- The pictures soon came to symbolize the dispossessed of America during the Depression; to the politically minded, they exposed the truth behind the patriotic boilerplate.
- Writing on Alibayli’s Blog, even some of the dispossessed remain unimpressed by the campaign of street protests. Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition protests on hold, new concerns emerge
- But underneath the searing humour runs a strain of deep discontent at the lives of the dispossessed in society.
- We have to recognise them as a distinct people who were dispossessed of this continent and deal with them with respect. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
- Lastly, a person who has been wrongfully dispossessed may undertake a form of self-help known as re-entry.
- Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power.
- In 1614 Hideyori fortified himself inside Osaka castle with over 100,000 troops, many of whom were ronin, dispossessed samurai whose masters had perished in battle.
- You will rub shoulders with Hollywood stars and visit the poor and dispossessed. The Sun