disadvantaged
di·sad·van·taged
adjective
1.
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”
Phrases
- academically disadvantaged
- previously disadvantaged
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