disadvantaged

(eg. sign, fire, house )

disadvantaged /dɪs əd ˈvæn tɪdʒd/ ?

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(adj) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

A new study suggests that taking disadvantaged children out of the home as early as nine months can be beneficial for their development.
Oprah understands that in Africa, women and girls have often been doubly disadvantaged.
But in a nation of more than a billion people, Muslims are often a disadvantaged minority.

"I can promise a night to remember, a night that will, I hope, play a small part in changing the lives of disadvantaged children," Barlow said.
on Jul 9, 2009 By: Gary Barlow Source: BBC News
Mr Laws said: "Private school funding levels would allow the most disadvantaged schools to deliver for their pupils what private schools take for granted: longer teaching hours, Saturday opening, small class sizes and resources to attract the best...
on Sep 14, 2008 By: David Laws Source: Kidderminster Shuttle
SYDNEY, Australia: Pope Benedict XVI praised the Australian government Thursday for its "courageous' apology to the country's indigenous Aborigines for past injustices, saying it offered hope to all the world's disadvantaged peoples."
on Jul 16, 2008 By: Pope Benedict XVI Source: International Herald Tribune