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disadvantaged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/

Meanings

  1. Lacking an advantage relative to another.
    • Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England. 2023 June 14, Anthony Lambert, “A vision for transport in the South West”, in RAIL, number 985, page 38:
  2. (euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties.
    • And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn. 2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in RAIL, page 3:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more disadvantaged Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most disadvantaged Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

disadvantagedness · academically disadvantaged · undisadvantaged · previously disadvantaged · nondisadvantaged

Translations (12)

nl kansarm (lacking an advantage relative to another) · sv missgynnad (lacking an advantage relative to another) · de benachteiligt (euphemistic: poor) · sv eftersatt (lacking an advantage relative to another) · fi vähävarainen (euphemistic: poor) · tl agrabyado (lacking an advantage relative to another) · es desaventajado (lacking an advantage relative to another) · fi alakynnessä (lacking an advantage relative to another) · hnn agrabyado (lacking an advantage relative to another) · es desventajado (lacking an advantage relative to another) · fi huono-osainen (euphemistic: poor) · de benachteiligt (lacking an advantage relative to another)

disadvantaged en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of disadvantage
    form of disadvantage