How to Use disadvantaged in a Sentence

disadvantaged

adjective
  • The program provides aid for economically disadvantaged groups.
  • And the results show there has been little progress over the last decade, with almost no change in the gap between the persistently disadvantaged and their peers.
    Nick Morrison, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • The central mission in both cities was to help disadvantaged students.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • It was largely meant to give a leg up to disadvantaged kids and to get parents involved by putting on a show that was also attractive to them.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The proceeds from the sale will go to The Prince's Trust charity, which was founded by the King to support young people from disadvantaged communities.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The youth center, which has seven offices around the city, works to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The two peoples account for 3.2% of the Australian population and are the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic group.
    Rod McGuirk, ajc, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The next step is getting students from disadvantaged backgrounds launched into strong first jobs.
    Ben Wildavsky, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Around the world, people breathing the most toxic air are consistently the poorest and most disadvantaged.
    Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • There is overwhelming evidence that a child who cannot read by the third grade is more likely to become the adult parent who can’t read – and therefore disadvantaged for life.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2023
  • At least 40% of the money would be required to be spent in disadvantaged communities, which often have the fewest acres of parks and green space and the highest levels of air pollution.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
  • His audience is largely composed of disadvantaged young people who are on a path toward drugs, gangs and crime.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • No one from the transportation department reached out directly to disadvantaged and rural places to tell them about the money.
    USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Here’s the thing: There have always been deserving schools and fans pushed aside or left behind, left out, disrespected and disadvantaged.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Or the Prince's Trust, has supported over a million young people, many from disadvantaged back to realize their own missions.
    Town & Country, 8 May 2023
  • The mayor released a plan, on Earth Day, to address extreme heat caused by climate change in disadvantaged city neighborhoods.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Jefferson County Public Schools has received the largest gift in its history, according to the district, with plans to invest the funds in some of the city’s most disadvantaged schools.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But high school graduation tests have fallen out of favor across the country over concerns that the mandates hurt disadvantaged teenagers.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Dorothy and Anna traveled as a pair to Italy and elsewhere, later co-founded a clinic for disadvantaged children in London, and would cohabit for the rest of their lives.
    Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
  • She was shocked at the portion of NaNo’s statement that seemed to equate being economically disadvantaged to needing to consult an AI for help.
    Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In Cambodia, a circus employing disadvantaged youth is helping break the cycle of poverty and renew arts that were nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge regime.
    Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The fears triggered by shootings and explosions in disadvantaged neighborhoods have made crime one of the most pressing issues for Swedish voters.
    Vanessa Gera, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Jefferson County Public Schools has received the largest gift in its history, according to the district, with plans to invest the funds in some of Louisville's most disadvantaged schools.
    Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 27 Oct. 2022
  • At the same time, mounting evidence has emphasized the harm children suffer by growing up in disadvantaged places.
    Jason Deparle Bobby Altman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • After the government passed the bill that critics said disadvantaged Muslims, Kashyap made headlines by joining a massive protest in Mumbai.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The agency has not yet determined how much of that expense will be passed along to its 4 million ratepayers — roughly half of whom live in disadvantaged communities.
    Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Neither Brown or Thompson ever entered a bank, instead using disadvantaged teenagers to commit the crimes.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Private voucher schools do not have a strong record for accepting disadvantaged students of poverty.
    Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Economically disadvantaged students are more likely to be chronically absent, according to experts, which suggests that these students need more resources and support to regularly get to school.
    Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Climate change is disproportionately affecting urban areas, particularly disadvantaged areas that tend to be the hottest.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024

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