Adjective : The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : The Senator advocates increased funding for federal programs that aid the disadvantaged. From Dictionary.com.
Life - even for those of us who grew up "disadvantaged" is not a universal constant. From Wordnik.com. [Debating Black Books] Reference
I notice that there's … you've earmarked half a million dollars for under … what they call disadvantaged schools. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Government Media Releases [All Portfolios]] Reference
Now segregated schools are heralded for raising self-esteem in disadvantaged groups. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools] Reference
The high price paid by those children who are most disadvantaged is brought home powerfully. From Wordnik.com. [Strengths and weaknesses of 'Superman'] Reference
We have tended to use the terms disadvantaged groups and the bottom third of the class interchangably in past discussions. From Wordnik.com. [learning evolves pyramid] Reference
Families in disadvantaged neighborhoods aren't the only victims of the lottery nightmare depicted in Waiting for 'Superman.'. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline Edelberg: Principals Can't Go It Alone] Reference
I say the free ride for the so called disadvantaged is over. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Loans are available for businesses defined as disadvantaged by the SBA. From Wordnik.com. [Automotive Headlines] Reference
In 2007, the program reached 15 middle-school students identified as disadvantaged but full of promise. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Reid has been a proponent of civil rights and helping the disadvantaged, which is more than you can say of most of his critics. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
Since he is Black, he will have to pick someone from one of those so called disadvantaged groups to show his unity with the world. From Wordnik.com. [Man, this scared me.] Reference
Fifty percent of senior managers were from groups identified as disadvantaged in terms of national policy and the Employment Equity. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That's the federally funded program that gave money to so-called disadvantaged groups who wanted to mount constitutional challenges. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
I’ve actually witnessed students in disadvantaged communities take ownership of their academics through teacher directed online tasks. From Wordnik.com. [The exploding classroom « BuzzMachine] Reference
Recent studies have shown that nearly 1,500 students in the three districts have been identified as disadvantaged or at-risk children, the foundation said. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA Homepage] Reference
This, he said, was because they were classified as "disadvantaged". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Rich liberals and the young fall for the "disadvantaged" theory of poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Improvements for the Poor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The most positive development was in contracting awards to small "disadvantaged" businesses. From Wordnik.com. [US Misses Target for Small-Business Contracts] Reference
However, these data do show that women are in no way "disadvantaged" by American universities. From Wordnik.com. [More on the Pay Gap] Reference
Groupthink - perhaps it is more likely to occur when a perceived "disadvantaged" group gets together?. From Wordnik.com. [Rooms With A Skew] Reference
He discusses the KIPP Academy in New York City and its success with kids from "disadvantaged" backgrounds. From Wordnik.com. [Fact And Comment] Reference
I (naively) believed I was more than qualified to help "disadvantaged" children improve their learning skills. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Lerman: How Being a Tutor Improved My Education] Reference
I never felt "disadvantaged", which is a new word in the lexicon of the language that came in the late '60s and' 70s. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Harvey B. Gantt, January 6, 1986. Interview C-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Calling native Hawaiian's "disadvantaged" by going to the same schools falsely creates a problem where there is none. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
By using you to claim she is "disadvantaged," she is demonstrating a twisted notion of what it means to be "independent.". From Wordnik.com. [Ask Amy] Reference
Is someone who grew up attending fancy prep schools and Ivy leagues really 'disadvantaged' just because his skin is darker?. From Wordnik.com. [CSK: Redux] Reference
And also, why should students who aren't considered 'disadvantaged' have to pay a ridiculous amount of money for their education?. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Hughes gets higher education role] Reference
They were also exempted from federal rules requiring "disadvantaged" businesses to be run by executives from the disadvantaged groups. From Wordnik.com. [For many with a stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of a better life remains unfulfilled] Reference
Doesn't matter whether at the Hank Paulson level or the boiler room level dude pushing the mortgages for all those "disadvantaged" types. From Wordnik.com. [US vs. Mexican culture] Reference
But I think the RNC is seeing the word "disadvantaged" through today's prism, and seems to think this merely means "poor" or "worthy of pity.". From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
At the end of 2006, I retired after 35 years as a teacher and administrator, mostly in schools in the so-called "disadvantaged" northern suburbs. From Wordnik.com. ["Underperforming"] Reference
In America, though, gum chewing may help considerably in younger students, and "disadvantaged" ones of any age save "disadvantaged" Asian immigrants. From Wordnik.com. ["Gum may be good for body, mind."] Reference
It also would rule out the vast majority of officially "disadvantaged" contractors because most of them are nonunion. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
The standard of English will be lowered for "disadvantaged" applicants, such as refugees, who will sit a special course. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
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