Disadvantaged can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| disadvantaged - marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "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" | ||
Verb |
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| disadvantage - put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" |
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| 1. | adj. | Many disabled people of all stripes are further disadvantaged by a culture that fails to understand, let alone meet, their needs. | |
| 2. | adj. | This high school wants to favour students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | |
| 3. | adj. | She's teaching children from disadvantaged families how to read. | |
| 4. | adj. | Many of these disadvantaged children had never seen a book before. | |
| 5. | adj. | You were disadvantaged. | |
| 6. | adj. | They were disadvantaged. | |
| 7. | adj. | If you are economically disadvantaged or have limited financial means, how has this adversity shaped you? | |
| 8. | adj. | There are not many games that end with checkmate. What happens most often is abandonment, the explicit recognition of defeat, when the disadvantaged player is convinced that he can no longer afford salvation. |
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| Many disabled people of all stripes are further disadvantaged by a culture that fails to understand, let alone meet, their needs. | |
| This high school wants to favour students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | |
| She's teaching children from disadvantaged families how to read. | |
| Many of these disadvantaged children had never seen a book before. | |
| You were disadvantaged. | |
| They were disadvantaged. | |
| If you are economically disadvantaged or have limited financial means, how has this adversity shaped you? | |
| There are not many games that end with checkmate. What happens most often is abandonment, the explicit recognition of defeat, when the disadvantaged player is convinced that he can no longer afford salvation. | |