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Disadvantaged

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Adjective

1. deprived, disadvantaged

marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

Example Sentences:
'a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity'
'boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Disadvantaged

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adjective
socially or economically deprived or discriminated against

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Disadvantaged

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adjective
deprived of a decent standard of living, education, etc. by poverty and a lack of opportunity; underprivileged

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Disadvantaged

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adj.
1. Deprived of some of the basic necessities or advantages of life, such as adequate housing, medical care, or educational facilities.
2. Being at a disadvantage, especially with respect to competitive or opposing elements or forces: "We can't have ... disadvantaged conventional forces on one hand and strategic nuclear forces on the other" (Bernard Rogers).
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Deprived people considered as a group. Often used with the.

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