0 treated badly and unfairly: --
the downtrodden masses
1 not provided with opportunities because of having been treated unfairly by someone in authority --
The reality is that the struggle of the oppressed and downtrodden is accelerating and striding ahead with seven league boots.
It has turned a sad, downtrodden and declining industry into one of the great success stories of the past 20 years.
They do not feel downtrodden or put upon, but they share a collective interest.
He has set out himself, he tells us, as the protector of the poor downtrodden ratepayer from the tyranny of the local corporation.
Nothing but the notion of bringing an uplift and advantage to the country which they thought was downtrodden.
To say that the individual ins being downtrodden and is denied redress is a gross distortion.
Who will speak for the downtrodden and the oppressed?
They often suggest - but less often realize - the prospects for overcoming misleadingly abstract distinctions among 'class', 'race', 'gender ' and 'ethnicity ' in the lives of the downtrodden.
