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
At Thursday night’s 25th anniversary celebration of Eric Eisner’s scholarship program YES for disadvantaged and underserved youth, Chuck Lorre made a surprise $1 million donation.
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Giana Levy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Kraft has been a positive influence in the community before launching his campaign and generally was well thought of for his charitable contributions to disadvantaged youth in Boston.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Those who dismissed intersectionality saw such policies as little more than allowing the disadvantaged to commit crimes without consequences to make up for past inequities, afflicting crime victims from the same disadvantaged communities.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The weakening labor market is especially challenging minorities and other disadvantaged groups who struggle when fewer jobs are available.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Giana Levy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Kraft has been a positive influence in the community before launching his campaign and generally was well thought of for his charitable contributions to disadvantaged youth in Boston.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Those who dismissed intersectionality saw such policies as little more than allowing the disadvantaged to commit crimes without consequences to make up for past inequities, afflicting crime victims from the same disadvantaged communities.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The weakening labor market is especially challenging minorities and other disadvantaged groups who struggle when fewer jobs are available.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantaged
Adjective
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Children living in deprived settlements had to travel further to reach a playground, and those playgrounds tended to be smaller than those in less deprived areas.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Their comeback may help regenerate deprived economic regions like Italy's Abruzzo.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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The walk is presided over by its creator, a mysterious authoritarian figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill) who extolls the sadistic contest as a boon for the spirits of the impoverished American people.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Probably the one that’s best known is the one about how Philomelus, a young, impoverished farmer and herdsman, struggled to push his plow through his fields.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Because that’s the case, their actual margin opportunity is depressed.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
15 Sep. 2025
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This might be because people are a bit depressed.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Code Avengers runs the Digital Navigators program, which provides in-person workshops for underprivileged children around the globe.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Running Ali Model English School, her late father’s initiative, set up for underprivileged children in Karachi’s Korangi Town in 2009, Zehra reveals that art activities were, and always have been, a huge focus at the school.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantaged. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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