disadvantaged

[US]/dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒd/
[UK]/ˌdɪsəd'væntɪdʒd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. carecer de los recursos o oportunidades necesarios, en una posición de desventaja
Word Forms
Participio pasadodisadvantaged

Phrases & Collocations

disadvantaged groups

grupos desfavorecidos

disadvantaged children

niños desfavorecidos

Example Sentences

disadvantaged groups such as the elderly and unemployed.

grupos desfavorecidos como los ancianos y los desempleados.

compassionate toward disadvantaged people;

compasiva hacia personas desfavorecidas;

the mentally stultifying effects of a disadvantaged home.

los efectos mentalmente estancantes de un hogar desfavorecido.

Undertreatment was particularly prominent among minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.

El tratamiento insuficiente fue particularmente prominente entre las minorías y los grupos socioeconómicamente desfavorecidos.

In contrast , the regular and good reserved delta front is disadvantaged to form fluxoturbidite.

En contraste, el frente delta regular y bien reservado tiene desventajas para formar fluxoturbiditas.

Part-time workers, the majority of whom are women, are doubly disadvantaged.

Los trabajadores a tiempo parcial, la mayoría de los cuales son mujeres, están doblemente desfavorecidos.

It is sometimes difficult for disadvantaged people to improve (or better ) their situation in life.

A veces es difícil para las personas desfavorecidas mejorar (o superar) su situación en la vida.

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