disadvantaged
pronunciation
How to pronounce disadvantaged in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd]
How to pronounce disadvantaged in American English:
US [ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒd]
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- Adjective:
- marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
Word Origin
- disadvantaged (adj.)
- 1610s, past participle adjective from disadvantage (v.). Of races or classes deprived of opportunities for advancement, from 1902, a word popularized by sociologists. As a noun, shorthand for disadvantaged persons, it is attested by 1939.
Example
- 1. But overall , almost half of all government jobs and college seats are reserved for the disadvantaged .
- 2. This is europe 's biggest single philanthropic push aimed solely at opening up an elite higher education institution to disadvantaged young people .
- 3. Life remains tough for the most disadvantaged families .
- 4. Rather than socialism , it is an emphasis on protecting the disadvantaged even while proceeding with india 's at times rapacious version of capitalism .
- 5. It seems that the danish dream and the british dream are currently more alive - at least for the most disadvantaged - than the american dream .