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Meaning of "disadvantaged" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISADVANTAGED

disadvantaged  [ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISADVANTAGED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disadvantaged is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISADVANTAGED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disadvantaged

The "disadvantaged" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who: ▪ Face special problems such as physical or mental disability ▪ Lack money or economic support ▪ Are seen as inferior by higher, more influential social groups. ▪ Are politically deemed to be without sufficient power or other means of influence...

Definition of disadvantaged in the English dictionary

The definition of disadvantaged in the dictionary is socially or economically deprived or discriminated against.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISADVANTAGED


abridged
əˈbrɪdʒd
acknowledged
əkˈnɒlɪdʒd
advantaged
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd
caged
keɪdʒd
discouraged
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd
disengaged
ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd
encouraged
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒd
engaged
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd
enraged
ɪnˈreɪdʒd
obliged
əˈblaɪdʒd
outraged
ˈaʊtreɪdʒd
privileged
ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd
ravaged
ˈrævɪdʒd
teenaged
ˈtiːneɪdʒd
unabridged
ˌʌnəˈbrɪdʒd
undamaged
ʌnˈdæmɪdʒd
underprivileged
ˌʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd
unmanaged
ʌnˈmænɪdʒd
unpaged
ʌnˈpeɪdʒd
waged
weɪdʒd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISADVANTAGED

disaccharide
disaccommodate
disaccord
disaccordant
disaccredit
disaccustom
disacknowledge
disadorn
disadvance
disadvantage
disadvantageous
disadvantageously
disadvantageousness
disadventure
disadventurous
disaffect
disaffected
disaffectedly
disaffectedness
disaffection

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISADVANTAGED

aged
brain-damaged
camouflaged
fire-damaged
foliaged
herbaged
middle-aged
oak-aged
over-aged
overleveraged
photo-aged
pre-packaged
preaged
ullaged
unaged
uncaged
unengaged
unravaged
unwaged
well-managed

Synonyms and antonyms of disadvantaged in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISADVANTAGED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disadvantaged» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disadvantaged

Translation of «disadvantaged» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISADVANTAGED

Find out the translation of disadvantaged to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disadvantaged from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disadvantaged» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

条件差的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desaventajado
570 millions of speakers

English

disadvantaged
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वंचित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحرومين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неблагоприятном положении
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menos favorecido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনগ্রসর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désavantagé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang bernasib baik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

benachteiligt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不利な境遇にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혜택 받지 못한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disadvantaged
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoàn cảnh khó khăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்தங்கிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वंचित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dezavantajlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

svantaggiato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niekorzystnej sytuacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несприятливому положенні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezavantajate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μειονεκτική θέση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benadeelde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

missgynnade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanskeligstilte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disadvantaged

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISADVANTAGED»

The term «disadvantaged» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.403 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISADVANTAGED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disadvantaged» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disadvantaged» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disadvantaged

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISADVANTAGED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disadvantaged.
1
Charles M. Blow
I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain for me. And I try to write about things that are very close to me because I want people to feel the passion that I have for the subject.
2
Chaka Fattah
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
3
Chris Gabrieli
Schools serving disadvantaged students need more time to help these students catch up and gain the core academic skills they will need to succeed in our economy and society.
4
Chris Gabrieli
The Time to Succeed Coalition brings together an unprecedented group of leaders from education and business, communities and academia to say that it is time to strike the shackles of an outdated school calendar from our disadvantaged schools.
5
Michael Gove
It is vital that teachers can be paid more without having to leave the classroom. This will be particularly important to schools in the most disadvantaged areas as it will empower them to attract and recruit the best teachers.
6
Pauline Hanson
I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged.
7
James Heckman
Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.
8
James Heckman
Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don't - and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest of their lives. Children raised in disadvantaged environments are not only much less likely to succeed in school or in society, but they are also much less likely to be healthy adults.
9
Michael M. Honda
In America, the dreamers, the disabled and the disadvantaged are not left to defend themselves, alone in their struggles.
10
Charles Koch
When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can manipulate the system - get regulations on their competitors, or mandates on using their products, or eliminating foreign competition - it just lowers the overall standard of living and hurts the disadvantaged the most.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISADVANTAGED»

Discover the use of disadvantaged in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disadvantaged and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and ...
This second edition also includes a new afterword from Wilson himself that brings the book up to date and offers fresh insight into its findings. “The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and ...
William Julius Wilson, 2012
2
Imprisoning Communities : How Mass Incarceration Makes ...
Demonstrating that the current incarceration policy in urban America does more harm than good, from increasing crime to widening racial disparities and diminished life chances for youths, Todd Clear argues that we cannot overcome the ...
City University of New York Todd R Clear Distinguished Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2007
3
Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teen ...
In Destinies of the Disadvantaged, Furstenberg brings that tale to life with the perspective of a historian and the insight of an insider, and provides the straight facts needed to craft effective policies to address teen pregnancy.
Frank F. Furstenberg, 2007
4
Living Together: Minority People and Disadvantaged Groups in ...
The whole content of this book can also be downloaded through the Internet from the Center for U.S.-Japan Comparative Social Studies (www.usjp.org), an Internet-based educational organization, managed by the author, Miki Y. Ishikida.
Miki Y Ishikida, 2005
5
Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and ...
In this first book to address the application of CBA to social policy, experts examine ten of the most important policy domains: early childhood development, elementary and secondary schools, health care for the disadvantaged, mental ...
David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, 2009
6
Primary Care in Urban Disadvantaged Communities
"This book examines how primary care is responding to the challenge of urban disadvantage and inequalities in health.
Joe Kai, Chris Drinkwater, 2004
7
Disadvantaged by where You Live?: Neighbourhood Governance ...
Disadvantaged by where you live? offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997.
Ian Smith, Eileen Lepine, Marilyn Taylor, 2007
8
Choosing Unsafe Sex: AIDS-Risk Denial Among Disadvantaged Women
In an effort to explain why AIDS education efforts failed to stop clients from practicing unsafe sex, E.J. Sobo explored the links between women's condom use rate and their experiences and understandings of heterosexual relationships.
Sobo Sobo, E. J. Sobo, 2011
9
Health Policy and the Disadvantaged
This important collection of essays, originating in a 1989 conference on the disadvantaged in American health care, provides incisive commentary on U.S. health care policy and politics.
Lawrence David Brown, 1991
10
From disadvantaged girls to successful women: education and ...
The author explores the styles of teaching and learning that can promote resiliency among women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Pamela LePage-Lees, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISADVANTAGED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disadvantaged is used in the context of the following news items.
1
USDA seeks applications for grants to help socially disadvantaged
Due to significant rainfall this spring, Missouri Farm Service Agency requested an extension for producers to file prevented planting with FSA ... «Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Time to halt BEE, replace with “economic empowerment for the …
Time to halt BEE – replace with “economic empowerment for the disadvantaged”. by *Anthea Jeffery. Dr. Anthea Jeffery is Head of Policy ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
3
St. Pete: more jobs for disadvantaged workers
The city of St. Petersburg hopes construction projects totaling more than $130 million creates jobs for dozens of disadvantaged workers and ... «FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WTVT-TV, Jul 15»
4
Local man encourages help for the elderly and disadvantaged - KGNS
Local man encourages help for the elderly and disadvantaged. By: Valerie Gonzalez. Posted: Tue 10:40 PM, Jul 07, 2015. By: Valerie Gonzalez. «KGNS.tv, Jul 15»
5
Schools say their success in helping disadvantaged children to …
Schools in Greater Manchester say their efforts to help youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds make good progress will stop them being ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
6
Time Capsule: Vermont minister was champion of disadvantaged
Charles A. Dickinson created Kurn Hattin Home in Westminster, Vt., for disadvantaged children and their families. A new photograph and ... «The Eagle, Jul 15»
7
Spending on schemes for disadvantaged children has 'more than …
Spending on schemes aimed at preventing children from disadvantaged backgrounds from falling into cycles of crime and poverty has more ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Big 12 being 'psychologically disadvantaged' starts with … - ESPN.com
Forget psychologically disadvantaged. Even at 10, the Big 12 would lay claim to owning football's best conference, the mighty SEC included. «ESPN, Jul 15»
9
MARTA forms partnership to support disadvantaged businesses
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has formed a strategic partnership with the Georgia Minority Supplier Development ... «RailwayAge Magazine, Jul 15»
10
UGM offers free summer camp for disadvantaged kids
Union Gospel Mission's camp focuses on giving disadvantaged children the opportunity to attend summer camp. Youth Outreach Director Ryan ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Disadvantaged [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/disadvantaged>. May 2024 ».
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