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# disadvantaged

«disadvantaged» in Mova's school dictionary: **having fewer chances than other people because of being…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (disadvantaged); noun (the disadvantaged — people who are disadvantaged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Disadvantaged means having fewer chances than other people because of being poor, ill, or having a hard home life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#m1)

2) (formal) The disadvantaged means people who are disadvantaged, as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and news: help for disadvantaged children, schools in disadvantaged areas. A polite official word. Phrases: disadvantaged background, disadvantaged groups, socially disadvantaged.

### examples

- The charity gives free books to disadvantaged children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x1)
- He came from a disadvantaged background but became a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x2)
- The club helps disadvantaged families go on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x3)
- The government gives money to the disadvantaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x4)
- Some disadvantaged pupils get free school meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x5)
- Being left out of the game made her feel disadvantaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/#x6)

### note

Comes from "disadvantage" (a thing that makes success harder). Similar words: deprived, underprivileged, poor. "The disadvantaged" takes a plural verb: "The disadvantaged need support."

### In the corpora

- ["Economically disadvantaged" (official) means poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/20/)
- ["Disadvantaged background" means someone grew up poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disadvantaged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantaged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.