Disadvantaged

Definition

disadvantage /dÇsǝd'vɑ:ntÇdʒ; US -'væn-/ n ဆိုးက်ဳိး။ အခြင့္ မသာမႈ။ အားနည္းခ်က္။ The other candidate's main disadvantage is her age. ❍ The lack of decent public transport is a great/major/serious disadvantage. ❍ His inability to speak French puts him at a disadvantage. ❍ The new Common Market regulations could be/work to the disadvantage of British farmers. ❏ disadvantaged adj လူမႈေရး၊ ပညာေရးစသည့္ ေနာက္ခံ အားနည္းေသာ၊ ခ်ဳိ႕ငဲ့ေသာ။ more state help for the disadvntaged sections of the community. ❏ the disadvantaged n [pl v ] ခ်ဳိ႕ငဲ့သူ။ appeals on behalf of the disadvantaged. ❏ disadvantageous /dÇsædvæn'teÇdʒǝs/ adj ~ (to sb) ဆိုးက်ဳိးျဖစ္ေစေသာ။ အခြင့္မသာေသာ။ in a disadvantageous position.

Examples

1. Grants are available for projects that tackle disadvantage in deprived areas.
2. [disadvantage of] : One of the disadvantages of the job is the long hours I work.
3. [advantages and disadvantages] : Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad.