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simple past and past participle of disadvantage examples
comparative more disadvantaged, superlative most disadvantaged
Lacking an advantage relative to another. quotations examples
Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England.
2023 June 14, Anthony Lambert, “A vision for transport in the South West”, in RAIL, number 985, page 38
(euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties. quotations examples
And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn.
2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in RAIL, page 3