disadvantaged

Meaning of disadvantaged

adjective
  1. (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
verb, past tense
  1. 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:

deprived

Meaning (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:

underprivileged

Meaning (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment:

depressed

Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor:

needy

Meaning extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself:

destitute

Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:

poor

Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy:

necessitous

Meaning act as an impediment to:

handicap

Meaning act unjustly or dishonestly towards:

wrong

disadvantaged antonyms

Meaning having special rights, advantages, or immunities:

privileged

Words that rhyme with disadvantaged

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