Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deprived of some of the basic necessities or advantages of life, such as adequate housing, medical care, or educational facilities.
- adjective Being at a disadvantage, especially with respect to competitive or opposing elements or forces.
- noun Deprived people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disadvantage . - adjective Lacking an
advantage relative to another. - adjective
Poor ; in financial difficulties.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
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Examples
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The public pension funds once touted these programs as a way to give what they called "disadvantaged groups" access and opportunity.
Carmen Ortiz-McGhee: Emerging Manager Programs: Not Just for the Emerging Anymore. Carmen Ortiz-McGhee 2011
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The public pension funds once touted these programs as a way to give what they called "disadvantaged groups" access and opportunity.
Carmen Ortiz-McGhee: Emerging Manager Programs: Not Just for the Emerging Anymore. Carmen Ortiz-McGhee 2011
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The public pension funds once touted these programs as a way to give what they called "disadvantaged groups" access and opportunity.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Carmen Ortiz-McGhee 2011
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I notice that there's … you've earmarked half a million dollars for under … what they call disadvantaged schools.
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Life - even for those of us who grew up "disadvantaged" is not a universal constant.
Debating Black Books Roger Sutton 2009
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"A major piece of research, commissioned by Media Trust, reveals there is an opportunity for Community Voices to add real value to current media activities within disadvantaged and isolated communities."
2009 November « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector 2009
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"A major piece of research, commissioned by Media Trust, reveals there is an opportunity for Community Voices to add real value to current media activities within disadvantaged and isolated communities."
links for 2009-11-27 « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector 2009
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The idea that one owes special help to those most unfairly disadvantaged is not in way like the idea that one may go out of one's way to help those like oneself (in my case, white and male) however great their advantages, and however unfairly those advantages may have been achieved and sustained.
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Families in disadvantaged neighborhoods aren't the only victims of the lottery nightmare depicted in Waiting for 'Superman.'
Jacqueline Edelberg: Principals Can't Go It Alone Jacqueline Edelberg 2010
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I get that there are other people who are disadvantaged from the start, but really, honestly, I came from that same kind of background (single parent, multiple divorces, abuse, etc) and I'll be graduating this spring with a job in art.
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