Disadvantagedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being disadvantaged. uncountable

    "I was forced to rethink my notion of disadvantagedness and to define disadvantage in more than economic terms."

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"I was forced to rethink my notion of disadvantagedness and to define disadvantage in more than economic terms."

Etymology

From disadvantaged + -ness.

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