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nonadvantaged

nonadvantaged adjective: not advantaged; lacking advantages; unadvantaged.

Adjective

nonadvantaged (comparative more nonadvantaged, superlative most nonadvantaged)

  1. Not advantaged; lacking advantages; unadvantaged.
    • Except in the case of a nonadvantaged student, a student shall be declared eligible to receive special services under the auspices of gifted education if either of the following conditions obtains:1990, Edwina D. Pendarvis, Aimee Howley, Craig B. Howley, The Abilities of Gifted Children, page 75
    • Therefore, 86% of the nonadvantaged offenders have had previous and often lengthy prior involvement in the criminal justice system.1998, Victoria R. DeRosia, Living Inside Prison Walls: Adjustment Behavior, page 135

Forms of nonadvantaged

comparativemore nonadvantaged
superlativemost nonadvantaged

Origin of nonadvantaged

From non- + advantaged.

Questions about nonadvantaged

What does nonadvantaged mean?
Nonadvantaged means not advantaged; lacking advantages; unadvantaged.
What part of speech is nonadvantaged?
Nonadvantaged is an adjective.

Words near nonadvantaged in the dictionary

  1. nonadulterated
  2. nonadulterous
  3. nonadults
  4. nonadvanced
  5. nonadvancement
  6. nonadvantaged
  7. nonadvantageous
  8. nonadventitious
  9. nonadventure
  10. nonadventurous
  11. nonadverbial

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