disadvantaged

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/, /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/

disadvantaged

1. simple past and past participle of disadvantage

disadvantaged (comparative more disadvantaged, superlative most disadvantaged)

1. Lacking an advantage relative to another.
   • 2023 June 14, Anthony Lambert, “A vision for transport in the South West”, in RAIL, number 985, page 38:

     Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England.

2. (euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties.
   • 2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in RAIL, page 3:

     And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn.