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DISADVANTAGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disadvantaged mean?
• DISADVANTAGED (adjective)
The adjective DISADVANTAGED has 1 sense:
1. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
Familiarity information: DISADVANTAGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
Synonyms:
deprived; disadvantaged
Context example:
boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law
Similar:
underprivileged (lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society)
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