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
However, secondhand shopping didn't always have such positive connotations, as it was sometimes associated with thrift store-buying that can be a lifeline for the economically disadvantaged.
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Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026
Core safeguards against disproportionate impacts on disadvantaged communities remain in place, and historic preservation and infrastructure standards continue to apply.
—Carlina Rivera, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Apart from trying to grow with its audience and opening up to disadvantaged filmmakers, IFFR continues to rely on surprising encounters.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
However, the four-year graduation rates improved for African American students, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026
Core safeguards against disproportionate impacts on disadvantaged communities remain in place, and historic preservation and infrastructure standards continue to apply.
—Carlina Rivera, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Apart from trying to grow with its audience and opening up to disadvantaged filmmakers, IFFR continues to rely on surprising encounters.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
However, the four-year graduation rates improved for African American students, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantaged
Adjective
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There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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After lawmakers in Germany determined that anonymous surrenders deprived children of the chance to learn anything about their parentage, Germany passed a confidential-birth law in 2014.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Pilgrims also threw in coins as offerings, some later retrieved by impoverished people to survive.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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The penultimate episode saw Deathclaws descending on Freeside, an impoverished community on the fringes of New Vegas.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Our bull thesis was based on the stock’s price-to-earnings multiple re-rating higher from a depressed valuation after the spin.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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The latter initially presents in Ferrari yellow until its depressed into the central console, at which point the key turns black, the top of the glass shifter turns yellow, and all the instrumentation activates.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2026
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Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantaged. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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