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disadvantaged

dis ad van taged |ˌdisədˈvantijd ˈˌdɪsədˈvæn (t )ɪʤd | adjective (of a person or area ) in unfavorable circumstances, esp. with regard to financial or social opportunities: disadvantaged groups such as the elderly and unemployed | (as plural noun the disadvantaged ) : we began to help the disadvantaged.

 

Oxford Dictionary

disadvantaged

dis |ad ¦van |taged |dɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd | adjective (of a person or area ) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities: disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed | (as plural noun the disadvantaged ) : we began to help the disadvantaged.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disadvantaged

disadvantaged adjective disadvantaged families will not be helped by these measures: deprived, underprivileged, depressed, in need, needy, poor, impoverished, indigent, hard up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disadvantaged

disadvantaged adjective a disadvantaged rural area: deprived, underprivileged, depressed, in need, needy, in want, in distress; destitute, poor, poverty-stricken; discriminated against; Brit. on the bread line; rare necessitous. ANTONYMS privileged.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disadvantaged

d s ad v n taged 形容詞 〈人 地域などが 〉 (社会的 経済的に )恵まれない, 不利な立場にある ; the ; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗恵まれない人々 (!複数扱い ) .