the downtrodden

noun

: people who are without hope because of being treated badly by powerful people, governments, etc.

He showed compassion for the downtrodden.

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And Christmas is a time that Americans of all faiths, or none, may devote to sharing the deeper truths about the good things in life and the brotherhood of man: family and friends around the warmth of the dinner table, giving above getting, kindness toward strangers, help for the downtrodden. —

The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024 The Irish punk-poets unleashed an emotional track that’s become a battle cry for the downtrodden and forgotten, and which could only be written by these working-class Dublin natives. —

Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024 Sunday, the Commanders get back to work and host the downtrodden Cowboys. —

Mike Jones, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 All three had unified their fractured homelands and claimed to have liberated the downtrodden, at a staggering human cost. —

Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2017 See all Example Sentences for the downtrodden

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