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
Tribal governments are primarily reliant on the 8(a) program, a Small Business Administration (SBA) initiative intended to facilitate contracting for economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 May 2026
The club is a charity working to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people by supporting their wellbeing and providing access to the horse world through contact with horses, riding lessons and stable management.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Doris Fisher was also an advocate of educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
Many of its students are the first ones in their family to attend college and come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 May 2026
The club is a charity working to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people by supporting their wellbeing and providing access to the horse world through contact with horses, riding lessons and stable management.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Doris Fisher was also an advocate of educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
Many of its students are the first ones in their family to attend college and come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantaged
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The alliance jointly fought the 2024 general election and deprived Modi of an outright majority, forcing him to rely on the support of regional parties to form a coalition government.—
Shilpa Jamkhandikar,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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My sister, Louise, taught art at a secondary school within one of the city’s most deprived housing schemes.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The play’s focus is resolutely on the impoverished rural family of women who fall under this ambitious bluesman’s influence in the rural Georgia of the 1930s, writes Chris Jones.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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This model is much less appealing to the impoverished governments, which sometimes struggle to pay their own troops.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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Christophe is the spry, imaginative middle child to a stern farmer dad in an economically depressed countryside.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Postpartum depression, per Mayo Clinic, includes symptoms such as depressed mood, difficulty bonding with your baby, changes in appetite, intense irritability and more.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Weeks later, Nelson recalls organizing a backyard block party on Syracuse’s South Side, handing out school supplies to underprivileged children who might otherwise go without them.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The term refers to a steepening deviation between upper and lower economic classes, popularized after the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately hit underprivileged groups.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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“Disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantaged. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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