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Recent Examples of disadvantaged Just 7% of the district's students are considered economically disadvantaged, about 11% have disabilities and none are English language learners (though the federal government's support for that latter group is not significant). Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024 At Hampstead Hill, a public charter school, 39% of the students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and 18% are immigrants just learning English. Christopher C. Morphew, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2024 The beneficiaries are kids like that boy from summer camp a few years ago — children and young teens from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who would not have otherwise been able to experience such activities. Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024 California saw 6 percentage points more teachers from historically disadvantaged groups than expected when compared with working-age adults from historically disadvantaged groups with degrees. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disadvantaged 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantaged
Adjective
  • Yet the contrast is sharp between how AI is used in the experimental school—nestled within an abundance of human attention—and how it is used in more deprived circumstances.
    Allison Pugh, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
  • This indicated that the animals were experiencing some internal signals of their deprived state, and potentially craved salt as a way to boost their blood volume without diluting ion levels.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Mason Fung’s impoverished young defendant Ma Ka Kit is arrested after receiving a package of narcotics from overseas.
    James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Since Sudan’s civil war drove a surge of refugees to Egypt starting in 2023, however, the impoverished government in Cairo has complained louder and louder about the burden of foreigners.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
  • If Richard wanted to die, suicide-by-cop is sometimes a choice for those who are desperate and depressed.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
  • He was elected to Congress in 1948, gaining acclaim for his promise to provide underprivileged children a free trip to Washington, D.C. to see Congress in action—at his own expense.
    Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024

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“Disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantaged. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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