adj
Meaning 1
Lacking an advantage relative to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disadvantaged
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Pronunciation
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/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/
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/ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Poor; in financial difficulties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of disadvantage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity
- boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deprived
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: kansarm — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Finnish: alakynnessä — lacking an advantage relative to another
- German: benachteiligt — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Hanunoo: agrabyado — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Swedish: missgynnad — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Swedish: eftersatt — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Tagalog: agrabyado — lacking an advantage relative to another
- Finnish: vähävarainen — euphemistic: poor
- Finnish: huono-osainen — euphemistic: poor
- German: benachteiligt — euphemistic: poor
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