Many disabled people of all stripes are further disadvantaged by a culture that fails to understand, let alone meet, their needs.
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Disadvantaged
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/
Synonyms for "disadvantaged" (91 found)
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ghetto-dwellersghettoizedhumbleimpoverishedin needin ragsin the shadein wantindigentinferiorinfra digjuniorlesslesserlourlowlowerlowlymendicantminor
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Adjective(5 words)
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Adjective(6 words)
needyon reliefordinaryout at elbowsoutcastspauperizedpoverty strickenpoverty subculturepoverty-strickensecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservileslum-dwellersstarvelingstrippedsubsubalternsubjectsubordinate
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subservientthe disadvantagedthe dispossessedthe distressedthe down-and-outthe forgotten manthe have-notsthe needythe other americathe poorthe powerlessthe underprivilegedthe urban poorthird rankthird stringunderdeveloped nationunderprivilegedvulgarwelfare rolls
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6 entriescompetitive positiondecision contexteconomic statussocial groupsocial statussocioeconomic condition
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10 entrieseducational barriereducationally disadvantagedinformation disadvantagedlow incomelow income groupslow income statuspoor communitiespovertyresource constrainedunderfunded
Collocations
7 entriesdisadvantaged communitiesdisadvantaged groupsdisadvantaged studentseconomically disadvantagededucationally disadvantagedracially disadvantagedthe disadvantaged
Inflections
2 entriesmore disadvantagedmost disadvantaged
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1 entriesSample sentences
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This high school wants to favour students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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She's teaching children from disadvantaged families how to read.
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Many of these disadvantaged children had never seen a book before.
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