DISADVANTAGED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

disadvantaged

adjective

ˌdis-əd-ˈvan-tijd

Definition of disadvantaged

as in deprived

kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment disadvantaged families struggling to get by will be benefited by changes in the tax code

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Recent Examples of disadvantaged The rankings considered four factors which comprised the districts’ student racial diversity index, parent/student surveys on culture and diversity, the percent of economically disadvantaged students and gender diversity. — Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 His hopes for The Situation is to better the experience of other disadvantaged creatives climbing the ranks today. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026 Raised in the school of hard knocks, Anderson was a passionate advocate for disadvantaged young Australians, his work recognized with Anderson made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 for services to the community. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 This year, the recipient of the grant was La Source Garouste, a French organization that runs art workshops led by professional artists for some ten thousand disadvantaged children each year. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disadvantaged

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Experts also found that most patients were female and came from deprived areas.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
On the back of a million-pound investment in 2012, the community has organized to restore life to a deprived area hit hard by austerity.

— Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of deprived

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The impoverished Reds work as slave labor in the mines of Mars, while the super-strong Golds rule the solar system and war on each other.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors accuse him of participating in schemes to divert hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuelan government programs intended to provide housing, food and other necessities to the country’s impoverished population.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of impoverished

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Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
In the event of a severe winter or import bottlenecks, depressed storage levels not only narrow Europe's capacity to absorb supply shocks but also risk driving natural gas prices higher.

— , CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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