"Disenfranchised" means to be deprived of certain rights or privileges, particularly the right to vote or the right to participate in society or decision-making processes. Full definition
Paul Graham's series Beyond Caring surveyed the grim reality of 1980s - era waiting rooms for Britain's social services, while Mohamed Bourouissa's searing photographs of disenfranchised youth of Paris hung jarringly beside the camp staging of Tina Barney's The Europeans. (artforum.com)
Addressing the press last week, the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NPP, Sam Pyne, expressed fears that this would leave a significant number of people disenfranchised by the time the 10 - day period is over. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
It was the governors and legislative leaders of Michigan and Florida who disenfranchised voters in those two states when they arrogantly and defiantly proceeded to schedule their primaries outside the DNC's approved calendar, despite clear and repeated warnings that those contests would not be recognized. (voices.washingtonpost.com)