disadvantaged
adjective
[ dɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd ]
• (of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.
• "disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed"
Similar:
deprived,
underprivileged,
depressed,
in need,
needy,
in want,
in distress,
destitute,
poor,
poverty-stricken,
discriminated against,
on the bread line,
necessitous,
disadvantage
verb
• put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
• "the pension scheme tends to disadvantage women"
Similar:
treat unfavourably,
put at a disadvantage,
treat harshly/unfairly,
handicap,
inflict a handicap on,
do a disservice to,
be unfair to,
wrong,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French desavantage, from des- (expressing reversal) + avantage ‘advantage’.
