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oppressed

 adjective
     
op‧pressed
1 a group of people who are oppressed are treated unfairly or cruelly and are prevented from having the same rights as other people have:
oppressed minorities
the oppressed (=people who are oppressed)
2 someone who is oppressed feels unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable
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