Another word for disadvantaged

Economically and socially below standard

• backward

  1. Behind others in progress or development:
  2. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
  3. (Of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.

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  1. Behind others in progress or development:
  2. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
  3. (Of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.

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• depressed

  1. Lower in amount, degree, or position:
  2. Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  3. Sluggish in growth or activity:

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  1. Lower in amount, degree, or position:
  2. Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  3. Sluggish in growth or activity:

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• deprived

  1. Lacking in advantage, opportunity, or experience:
  2. Marked by deprivation, especially of economic or social necessities.
  3. Subject to deprivation; poor.

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  1. Lacking in advantage, opportunity, or experience:
  2. Marked by deprivation, especially of economic or social necessities.
  3. Subject to deprivation; poor.

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• impoverished

  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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• underprivileged

  1. Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of other members of one's community.
  2. Lacking the standard of living and opportunities enjoyed by most people in a society.
  3. Deprived of a decent standard of living, adequate education, and economic security through poverty, discrimination, etc.

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  1. Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of other members of one's community.
  2. Lacking the standard of living and opportunities enjoyed by most people in a society.
  3. Deprived of a decent standard of living, adequate education, and economic security through poverty, discrimination, etc.

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