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previously disadvantaged

previously disadvantaged adjective: belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.

Adjective

previously disadvantaged

  1. (South Africa, euphemistic) Belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.
    • a. 2005, https://web.archive.org/web/20051124000427/http://ings.rucus.net/satnacV7.pdf
      This project aims to modelInternet connectivity to previously disadvantaged schools in theEastern Cape by investigating known networking technologies in the context of such schools.

Questions about previously disadvantaged

What does previously disadvantaged mean?
Previously disadvantaged means belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.
What part of speech is previously disadvantaged?
Previously disadvantaged is an adjective.

Words near previously disadvantaged in the dictionary

  1. previous question
  2. previous questions
  3. previous to
  4. previouses
  5. previously
  6. previously disadvantaged
  7. previousness
  8. previraemic
  9. previral
  10. previremic
  11. previrialization

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