disadvantaged
Meaning of disadvantaged
adjective
- (of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.
disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed
we began to help the disadvantaged
- put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
the pension scheme tends to disadvantage women
late Middle English: from Old French desavantage, from des- (expressing reversal) + avantage ‘advantage’.
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Hyphenation of disadvantaged
dis-ad-van-taged
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- disadvantaged is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
disadvantaged synonyms
Meaning deprived:
Meaning (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:
Meaning (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment:
Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor:
Meaning extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself:
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy:
Meaning act as an impediment to:
Meaning act unjustly or dishonestly towards:
disadvantaged antonyms
Meaning having special rights, advantages, or immunities:
Words that rhyme with disadvantaged
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