Disadvantaged - English meaning

Disadvantaged – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.
Usage examples:
Disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed
Synonims:
Deprived Underprivileged Depressed In need Needy In want In distress Destitute Poor Poverty-stricken Discriminated against On the bread line Necessitous

verb
Put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
Usage examples:
The pension scheme tends to disadvantage women
Synonims:
Treat unfavourably Put at a disadvantage Treat harshly/unfairly Handicap Inflict a handicap on Do a disservice to Be unfair to Wrong

Disadvantaged translation into English

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Chinese

不利的, 劣势

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Dutch

Benadeeld

Disadvantaged: translate from English into French

Défavorisé

Disadvantaged: translate from English into German

Benachteiligt

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Hindi

वंचित

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Italian

Svantaggiato, Svantaggioso

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Korean

불리한

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Russian

Обездоленный, Обделенный, Лишенный благоприятных условий, Обиженный

Disadvantaged: translate from English into Spanish

Perjudicado, Marginado, Desventajado, Desventajoso, No privilegiado

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French desavantage, from des- (expressing reversal) + avantage ‘advantage’.

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Disadvantaged – similar words

disadvantageous

adjective
Involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness.
Usage examples:
The new employment scheme is disadvantageous to women

adjective
Causing problems, especially causing something or someone to be less successful than other things or people
Usage examples:
Disadvantageous to email can be disadvantageous to people who have stronger oral skills than writin…

Disadvantageous - all meanings in English

disadvantage

noun
An unfavourable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness.
Usage examples:
A major disadvantage is the limited nature of the data

verb
Put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
Usage examples:
The pension scheme tends to disadvantage women

noun
Something that makes a successful result less likely, esp. less likely for you than it is for others
Usage examples:
There are disadvantages to living in a rural area., she felt that being so young put her at a disad…

Disadvantage - all meanings in English

Disadvantaged synonims

depressed

adjective
(of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.
Usage examples:
She felt lonely and depressed

verb
Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.
Usage examples:
That first day at school depressed me

adjective
Feeling unhappy and without hope
Usage examples:
He’s depressed about losing his job., this is an economically depressed area.

Depressed - all meanings in English

deprived

adjective
Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.
Usage examples:
The charity cares for destitute and deprived children

verb
Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.
Usage examples:
The city was deprived of its water supplies

adjective
Lacking something that is needed to live the way most people live
Usage examples:
He took pictures in deprived areas of the city.

Deprived - all meanings in English

destitute

adjective
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Usage examples:
The charity cares for destitute children

adjective
Without money, possessions, or any of the things needed to live
Usage examples:
These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the destitute flood victims.

adjective
Without money, food, a home, or possessions
Usage examples:
During the global economic crisis many people were left destitute., poverty and destitution are wid…

Destitute - all meanings in English

handicap

noun
A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult.
Usage examples:
Not being able to drive was something of a handicap

verb
Act as an impediment to.
Usage examples:
Lack of funding has handicapped the development of research

noun
A physical or mental condition that makes ordinary activities more difficult than they are for other people
Usage examples:
His loss of hearing was a severe handicap., their lack of knowledge of computer programming was not…

Handicap - all meanings in English

necessitous

adjective
(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.
Usage examples:
Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers

Necessitous - all meanings in English

needy

adjective
(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.
Usage examples:
Needy and elderly people

Needy - all meanings in English

poor

adjective
Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
Usage examples:
They were too poor to afford a telephone

Poor - all meanings in English

poverty-stricken

adjective
Extremely poor
Usage examples:
My grandparents arrived in this country as poverty-stricken immigrants.

Poverty-stricken - all meanings in English

underprivileged

adjective
(of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society.
Usage examples:
Needy and underprivileged members of the community

adjective
Lacking the money and the basic social advantages that most people have; poor
Usage examples:
A summer camp for underprivileged children

Underprivileged - all meanings in English

wrong

adjective
Not correct or true; incorrect.
Usage examples:
That is the wrong answer

adverb
In an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.
Usage examples:
What am i doing wrong?

noun
An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act.
Usage examples:
I have done you a great wrong

Wrong - all meanings in English

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