adjective
1.
a. : dejected , dispirited
b. : depressive
2.
a. : vertically flattened
a depressed cactus
b. : having the central portion lower than the margin
a depressed pustule
c. : lying flat or prostrate
depressed herb
d. : dorsoventrally flattened
3.
a. : being in, suffering from, or caused by a state or period of economic depression
a depressed industry
depressed areas
depressed conditions
b. : economically or socially below standard, oppressed, or underprivileged
peasants are deserting the villages and streaming into the towns to form the kind of depressed proletariat that existed in England during the industrial revolution — George Woodcock
the depressed peoples of the ghetto
especially : constituting or belonging to the lowest social and economic class usually characterized by unsatisfactory living and working conditions
the most notable of the depressed classes in India is the class of untouchables
Synonyms: see downcast