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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were disadvantaged" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a group of people who have faced disadvantage or unfair treatment. Example: "The lower-income families in the neighborhood were disadvantaged by the lack of access to quality education and healthcare."
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were disadvantaged
adjective
Lacking an advantage relative to another.
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But we were told we were disadvantaged.
In 2015, 27.3% of pupils at GCSE level were disadvantaged.
"Olsen was the face of hope for many Polynesians who were disadvantaged by lack of opportunity.
"I do not know whether we were disadvantaged by this practice," he said.
Stronger banks like JPMorgan Chase, in contrast, were disadvantaged by having their competitors propped up.
Elite artists possessed huge amounts of all types of capital, whereas non-elite members were disadvantaged on all fronts.
When I was in practice in paediatrics the majority of my patients were people who were disadvantaged, and they weren't there by choice.
"The family was poor," his daughter said in a telephone interview Tuesday, "and it caused him to be sensitive to people who were disadvantaged".
If pruning and evening out the constituencies leads to more Tories, then it is clear they were disadvantaged to start with.
Individuals with slightly below average IQ scores typically were ranked as genetically disabled, even though they were not actually disabled at all; many, rather, were disadvantaged.
He said there remained critical questions about the extent to which people from minority ethnic backgrounds were disadvantaged when it came to test results.
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