"structural disadvantage" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a societal or systemic barrier that puts certain individuals or groups at a disadvantage compared to others. Example: "People from marginalized communities often face structural disadvantages in the education system, making it harder for them to access opportunities for success."
This year's results suggest that this could put Republicans at a structural disadvantage.
The social reality of institutional sexism and structural disadvantage is demeaning to women.
That there was a need to redress that structural disadvantage that limited access for some students – for example rural, indigenous and female students.
"If you're not developing your own strategy for dealing with volatility, you're at a structural disadvantage on the playing field we call financial markets".
Yet these have also brought to light an underlying structural disadvantage suffered by Europe's banks: the currencies in which they can take deposits and most easily raise funds are not the main currency of global trade.
"To put forward that the best way to address the shameful state of the economic and structural disadvantage of the world's oldest continuing culture is through hosting the world's worst industrial wastes is a profound and perpetual policy failure".
To overcome these structural disadvantages, the Democrats' campaign approach needs to be broad and bold.
I think it's more about structural disadvantages – whether that's around leadership, seniority, part-time working or access for people from marginalised communities".
It is also extremely troubling when solely test-based admissions such as Stuyvesant's reflect the failure to remedy structural disadvantages suffered by black and Latino students.
"In Washington, if you're not outspoken, people will not listen to you".Brussels think-tanks also suffer from several structural disadvantages that are hardly their fault.
The Goldsmiths students' union officer team has apologised for the "misunderstanding" and said they still believed it was important to provide "spaces where specific minority groups … talk together confidentially about overcoming structural disadvantages and prejudice".
