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Meanings of disenfranchised in English

Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.

Synonyms
Examples for "voiceless"
Examples for "voiceless"
1
They emphasize their duty to protect their young, voiceless patients from harm.
The Guardian
2
Discussion often frames the Border and its people as forgotten, ignored, voiceless.
The Irish Times
3
And in the meantime, the voiceless tete-a-teteing of the five couples continued.
Angel Island
4
Animal life had something in it akin to her own voiceless being.
Wild Youth, Volume 1.
5
Rachael repeated in a voiceless undertone as she rapidly paced the room.
The Heart of Rachael
1
One-sixth or one-eighth of the men were voters, the rest were disfranchised.
Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development
2
Nobody should be disfranchised because of who his or her parents are.
The Irish Times
3
Under our complicated systems of registration, they are often disfranchised at both.
The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
4
If boroughs are to be disfranchised, why should not counties be destroyed?'
Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
5
In New-York I am to be disfranchised, and in New-Jersey hanged.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
1
Nobody says that most voteless men regarded a vote as unmanly.
What's Wrong with the World
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In vain: the demands of the voteless diggers went unheard.
Australia Felix
3
Nobody says that any voteless men regarded it as unmanly.
What's Wrong with the World
4
The "voteless recovery" that Downing Street fears may well come to pass.
The Guardian
5
But, being voteless, there was no way in which their views could be authoritatively set forth.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
Usage of disenfranchised in English
1
Five million people will presumably be disenfranchised by these new voting laws.
Ebony
2
That means even a day's delay in delivery could leave thousands disenfranchised.
The Guardian
3
You don't want a disenfranchised community because that leads to more poverty.
The South African
4
Thanathorn said he hoped to appeal to younger voters and disenfranchised citizens.
Reuters
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He said hardly any group had been found that had been disenfranchised.
Reuters
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His message is solely focused on social injustice for historically disenfranchised people.
Ebony
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We are creating huge numbers of disenfranchised, disillusioned and despairing young people.
The Guardian
8
I start in a pair of Jason's trousers: completely disenfranchised and helpless.
The Guardian
9
We don't see nearly enough about disenfranchised agricultural communities on our screens.
The Irish Times
10
There are lots of ways to be a disaffected, disenfranchised young man.
The Guardian
11
But what about those who are disenfranchised at every turn from birth?
Ebony
12
The crowd of the disenfranchised grew larger and more restive every day.
The new yorker
13
The disenfranchised should be going to art school -not the franchised.
The Guardian
14
She consistently pushed back against the injustices meted out on the disenfranchised.
The South African
15
In removing the undecideds from the sample we had disenfranchised the disengaged.
The Guardian
16
They have demanded new elections, saying they are disenfranchised by the urban elite.
Reuters
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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