unpropertied

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ propertied.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈpɹɒpətiːd/

Adjective

unpropertied (not comparable)

  1. Not propertied; not having property.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 563:
      Characteristically, perhaps, it was at the moment when political rights for the unpropertied were on the statute-books, but not enforced, that the Revolutionaries abolished slavery.
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