disadvantaged (redirected from disadvantagedness)

dis·ad·van·taged  (dsd-vntjd)

adj.

1. Deprived of some of the basic necessities or advantages of life, such as adequate housing, medical care, or educational facilities.

2. Being at a disadvantage, especially with respect to competitive or opposing elements or forces: "We can't have . . . disadvantaged conventional forces on one hand and strategic nuclear forces on the other" (Bernard Rogers).

n. (used with a pl. verb)

Deprived people considered as a group. Often used with the.

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disad·vantaged·ness n.

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disadvantaged [ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd]

adj

(Social Welfare) socially or economically deprived or discriminated against

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

disadvantaged - marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law" deprived underprivileged - lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

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disadvantaged

adjective deprived, struggling, impoverished, discriminated against, underprivileged the educational problems of disadvantaged children

Translations

disadvantaged [ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd]

A. ADJ [person] → perjudicado
she comes from a disadvantaged background → proviene de un entorno desfavorecido

B. NPL the disadvantaged → los desfavorecidos, los marginados

disadvantaged [ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒd ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd] adj [person, family] → défavorisé(e); [area, community] → défavorisé(e)

disadvantaged

adj → benachteiligt

disadvantaged [ˌdɪsədˈvaːntɪdʒd] adj (person) → svantaggiato/a

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disadvantaged [ˌdɪsədˈvaːntɪdʒd] adj (person) → svantaggiato/a