disadvantagedness

noun

The quality of being disadvantaged.

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Meanings

noundisadvantagedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being disadvantaged.

    I was forced to rethink my notion of disadvantagedness and to define disadvantage in more than economic terms.

    1993, Robert Donmoyer, Raylene Kos, At-risk Students: Portraits, Policies, Programs, and Practices, page 43

Origin

From disadvantaged + -ness.

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APA

disadvantagedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantagedness

MLA

“disadvantagedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantagedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disadvantagedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantagedness.

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