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unprivileged

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priv⋅i⋅leged

  [priv-uh-lijd, priv-lijd]
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–adjective
1. belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
2. entitled to or exercising a privilege.
3. restricted to a select group or individual: privileged information; a privileged position.
4. Law. (of utterances or communications)
a. not rendering the person making them liable to prosecution for libel or slander, in view of the attendant circumstances.
b. not requiring any testimony concerning them to be presented in court.
5. Navigation. (of a vessel) having the right of way.
Compare burdened.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see privilege, -ed 2 , -ed 3
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Main Entry: priv·i·leged
Function: adjective
: not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance; especially : not subject to disclosure esp. in an adjudicative proceeding

Main Entry: un·priv·i·leged
Pronunciation: "&n-'priv-lijd, -'pri-v&-
Function: adjective
: not privileged <unprivileged communication>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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