How to Use disadvantaged in a Sentence

disadvantaged

adjective

• The program provides aid for economically disadvantaged groups.
• The proceeds from the sale will go to The Prince's Trust charity, which was founded by the King to support young people from disadvantaged communities.
  — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• The two peoples account for 3.2% of the Australian population and are the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic group.
  — Rod McGuirk, ajc, 23 Mar. 2023
• Around the world, people breathing the most toxic air are consistently the poorest and most disadvantaged.
  — Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• There is overwhelming evidence that a child who cannot read by the third grade is more likely to become the adult parent who can’t read – and therefore disadvantaged for life.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2023
• No one from the transportation department reached out directly to disadvantaged and rural places to tell them about the money.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• Here’s the thing: There have always been deserving schools and fans pushed aside or left behind, left out, disrespected and disadvantaged.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Or the Prince's Trust, has supported over a million young people, many from disadvantaged back to realize their own missions.
  — Town & Country, 8 May 2023
• But high school graduation tests have fallen out of favor across the country over concerns that the mandates hurt disadvantaged teenagers.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• In Cambodia, a circus employing disadvantaged youth is helping break the cycle of poverty and renew arts that were nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge regime.
  — Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023
• At the same time, mounting evidence has emphasized the harm children suffer by growing up in disadvantaged places.
  — Jason Deparle Bobby Altman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• After the government passed the bill that critics said disadvantaged Muslims, Kashyap made headlines by joining a massive protest in Mumbai.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• The agency has not yet determined how much of that expense will be passed along to its 4 million ratepayers — roughly half of whom live in disadvantaged communities.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Neither Brown or Thompson ever entered a bank, instead using disadvantaged teenagers to commit the crimes.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Private voucher schools do not have a strong record for accepting disadvantaged students of poverty.
  — Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Marks said that many disadvantaged people need help getting services.
  — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• People who try to play by the rules are dramatically disadvantaged.
  — ABC News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The city is working to plant trees to produce more shade in disadvantaged communities and install heat-reflective pavement.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• First-time buyers who don’t have the ability to put down a 10% down payment or who struggle with a not-so-stellar credit score are especially disadvantaged.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
• Indigenous Australians remain one of the most disadvantaged groups in Australia, with low life expectancy, high rates of suicide and some of the highest incarceration rates in the world.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• All of the crimes for which he was convicted came against women who were disadvantaged, incapacitated or in their mid-50s or older.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• School on Wheels has been working to enhance educational opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged children in the city for over 30 years.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 11 Jan. 2024
• Deeply disadvantaged communities cannot thrive until more people scrutinize the actions of the local elites who run them.
  — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Well, thanks to the strength of the labor market, more and more Americans from historically disadvantaged groups have been able to find some of that dignity and respect—and a regular paycheck.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
• This idea may then be used to blame disadvantaged populations, without evidence, for spreading the disease.
  — David Cox, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
• As a humanitarian working to better the lives of disadvantaged kids in Serbia and a mom of two kids, Jelena keeps herself busy, something fans can get a glimpse of on her Instagram page.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
• So all elementary schools only get a counselor two days a week, regardless of differences in school size and numbers of disadvantaged students.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• According to the announcement, the mission of School on Wheels is to enhance educational opportunities for children who are the most disadvantaged in the city.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Jan. 2024
• This is why Camarata’s cry for help should not go unanswered by city officials tasked with humanely taking care of disadvantaged people in need of shelter, food and health services.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Research shows there has been a 36% decline in apprenticeship starts by people from disadvantaged backgrounds, compared with 23% for others.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024