the disadvantaged
noun
: people who lack the things (such as money and education) that are considered necessary for an equal position or opportunity in society
protecting the rights of the disadvantaged
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With its $8,000 school vouchers, Florida is gifting the privileged at the expense of the disadvantaged, creating an apartheid education system that uses public money to fund costly private enclaves.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2024
Disinherited by his Catalan industrialist father, Mateo Morral falls under the influence of Barcelona anarchist Francisco Ferrer and swears to do something practical to further the cause of the disadvantaged.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
The sense is that big players in Asia (and perhaps the disadvantaged as well) will now be showing up to gamble in Macau more often with even more money.
—John Navin, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
This is great news for the disadvantaged communities living with gas plants in their backyards.
—Jim Miers, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
As governor of Minnesota, Walz enacted a sweeping progressive agenda geared toward helping the disadvantaged and marginalized.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Absent a timely policy response, this negative trend could begin to reinforce itself, as one debilitating setback for the disadvantaged increases the odds of another.
—Mohamed A. El-Erian, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
Historically, affluent communities were designed with trees in mind whereas the disadvantaged communities were not.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 11 July 2024
Even in the disadvantaged Tecnica, driving on snow with TC and ESC turned on remained entirely possible without too much tail-happy squirrelliness.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2024
Disinherited by his Catalan industrialist father, Mateo Morral falls under the influence of Barcelona anarchist Francisco Ferrer and swears to do something practical to further the cause of the disadvantaged.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
The sense is that big players in Asia (and perhaps the disadvantaged as well) will now be showing up to gamble in Macau more often with even more money.
—John Navin, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
This is great news for the disadvantaged communities living with gas plants in their backyards.
—Jim Miers, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
As governor of Minnesota, Walz enacted a sweeping progressive agenda geared toward helping the disadvantaged and marginalized.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Absent a timely policy response, this negative trend could begin to reinforce itself, as one debilitating setback for the disadvantaged increases the odds of another.
—Mohamed A. El-Erian, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
Historically, affluent communities were designed with trees in mind whereas the disadvantaged communities were not.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 11 July 2024
Even in the disadvantaged Tecnica, driving on snow with TC and ESC turned on remained entirely possible without too much tail-happy squirrelliness.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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“The disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20disadvantaged. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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