Associations to the word «Disadvantaged»

Wiktionary

DISADVANTAGED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of disadvantage
DISADVANTAGED, adjective. Lacking an advantage relative to another.
DISADVANTAGED, adjective. Poor; in financial difficulties.

Dictionary definition

DISADVANTAGED, adjective. 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".

Wise words

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