Example sentences for: disadvantaged

How can you use “disadvantaged” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Post quotes lead manger Henry Hyde saying "the genuflection to bipartisanship has a certain ring of civility to it, but it means one side is disadvantaged, and we were."

  • Does that mean students who do not get such internships or their own planes are disadvantaged enough to need them given out by governmental or university administrative decree?

  • 8 million in 2000, or 6.5 percent of the total population [ 21 ] . Previous research has shown noncitizens to be more economically disadvantaged and to possess lower levels of health insurance than naturalized and native citizens.

  • To their surprise and dismay, researchers found that when eligible job seekers (welfare recipients and other categories of "disadvantaged" workers) were sent off to potential employers bearing in hand the tax credits or vouchers that labeled them as high-risk cases, they were less likely--far less likely--to find jobs than if they just applied on their own.

  • Unlike many self-centered and pampered athletes of the '90s, Scottie Pippen is recognized by his peers and in the league as one of the more giving players to disadvantaged youth.


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