disadvantaged
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]disadvantaged
- simple past and past participle of disadvantage
Adjective
[edit]disadvantaged (comparative more disadvantaged, superlative most disadvantaged)
- Lacking an advantage relative to another.
- 2023 June 14, Anthony Lambert, “A vision for transport in the South West”, in RAIL, number 985, page 38:
- Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England.
- (euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties.
- 2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in RAIL, page 3:
- And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lacking an advantage relative to another
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euphemistic: poor
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