disadvantaged Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
   disfavor; disfavour; disadvantage.
   
   • This rule clearly disadvantages me
2. adjective satellite marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
   deprived.
   
   • 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

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