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disadvantaged

 adjective
     
dis‧ad‧van‧taged
1 having social problems, such as a lack of money or education, which make it difficult for you to succeed:
disadvantaged areas of the city
2

the disadvantaged

[plural] people who are disadvantaged:
health programs for the disadvantaged
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