The phrase "are especially disadvantaged" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe individuals or groups who face significant obstacles or hardships compared to others.
Example: "Children from low-income families are especially disadvantaged when it comes to accessing quality education."
Alternatives: "are particularly disadvantaged" or "face significant disadvantages."
Imperiled homeowners are especially disadvantaged if they live in a state — like Georgia, California, Texas and 18 others — where foreclosures can take place without a judge's oversight.
Disturbingly, since 2008 more firms are dying than being born, for the first time in at least 30 years.Mr Porter worries that small firms are "especially disadvantaged".
African-American women are especially disadvantaged when it comes to marriage because African-American men die at a younger age, are imprisoned disproportionately compared with white men and are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed compared with white men.
All N.B.A. players have something to lose with the players locked out, but young players – particularly those in Shumpert's shoes – are especially disadvantaged in terms of their basketball evolution.
Some critics — like Josh McGee of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and Marcus Winters, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute — suggest that teachers are especially disadvantaged by defined-benefit plans because they're highly mobile, and thus less likely to spend a full career in one place.
Rural children are especially disadvantaged.
Derrick Murphy, leader of Norfolk County Council, said: "It is clear to us that blind and visually impaired concessionary travel pass holders have been especially disadvantaged by the loss of these discretionary enhancements and experience more disadvantages than other groups because of inequalities in benefit provision and social care eligibility.
Again the precariat is especially disadvantaged.
When courts have not taken this sacrifice into account in dividing property, homemakers have been especially disadvantaged.
America's soaring health care costs are increasingly a burden in a global race, particularly since American industry is especially disadvantaged on this issue.
The town of Morwell, just a few hundred metres from the giant Hazelwood coalmine – you can see it if you stand on the southern side of town – is especially disadvantaged.
