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disadvantaged

adjective as in underprivileged

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Example Sentences

“No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us.

You have such a large portion of students who are economically disadvantaged, and you still turn out a success story every year.

Many, especially those who come from an economically disadvantaged background, still face a glass ceiling.

She is accused of using her celebrity to recruit socially disadvantaged minors with the potential to become professional models.

Meanwhile, we know that disadvantaged students of color end up being over-represented in the prison-industrial complex.

And he is so little ashamed of or disadvantaged by his condition that he is not prepared to spend an hour in remedying it.

My budget adopts a hopeful new approach to help the poor and the disadvantaged.

Special targeting will give special help to the truly disadvantaged among our people.

But additional jobs for the disadvantaged deserve special attention.

Therefore, I will propose a new program to encourage businesses to hire young and disadvantaged Americans.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to disadvantaged, such as: deprived, impaired, impoverished, poor, underprivileged, and hindered.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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