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TOPIK 6verb

소외하다

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소외해요 · 소외했어요 · 소외할 거예요 · 소외하세요

to alienate, to exclude, to leave out

Example

우리 사회가 노인들을 소외하고 있지는 않은지 생각해 봐야 합니다.

We need to consider whether our society is leaving the elderly out.

Word parts

소 distant외 outside

Literally 'keep distant and outside'.

Good to know

The passive 소외되다 and noun 소외감 are much more common than 소외하다.