- past tense form of disadvantage.
- past participle of disadvantage.
disadvantaged
Example Sentences
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In Gamper's view, women should not be financially disadvantaged because of their anatomy or because they need cubicles for safety reasons, for example.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
When at the age of 37 he was appointed as a professor at the University of Cambridge, the prestigious institution said that he would help “address the underrepresentation of people from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Word of the impending changes are raising anxiety for California advocates, providers and families who rely on the early education program and are concerned about future access to disadvantaged children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I got really emotional about that because I remember as a child that came from a disadvantaged background, my mum struggled to buy me the shirt and tie," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Academics would have violated their generation’s ideal of openness if they had said that their schools couldn’t accommodate disadvantaged Americans.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
