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| Main Entry: | disadvantaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underprivileged |
| Synonyms: | handicapped, impaired, impoverished, poor, deprived, discriminated against, hindered |
| Antonyms: | privileged, prosperous, rich, wealthy |
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| Main Entry: | loser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that fails |
| Synonyms: | also-ran*, deadbeat*, defeated, disadvantaged, dud*, failure, flop*, underdog, underprivileged, down-and-outer, flunkee, has-been |
| Antonyms: | success, winner, achiever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
| Synonyms: | destitute, disadvantaged, down-and-out*, flat*, impecunious, indigent, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, beggared, dead broke, dirt poor, down at heel, down to last cent, necessitous, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underprivileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | depressed, destitute, disadvantaged, handicapped, hapless, hard up*, ill-fated, impoverished, indigent, needy, unfortunate, unlucky, badly off, deprived, down and out, have-not, ill-starred, in dire straits, in need, in want |
| Antonyms: | privileged, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handicapped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thwarted |
| Synonyms: | burdened, crippled, disabled, disadvantaged, limited, restrained, restricted, wounded, balked, blocked, checked, curbed, deterred, encumbered, foiled, hampered, impeded, mentally disabled, obstructed, physically challenged, physically disabled, stymied |
| Antonyms: | helped, supported, aided |
| Main Entry: | underdeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | backward |
| Synonyms: | disadvantaged, impoverished, poor, undeveloped, lagging |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | economics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
black, low, red, Malthusian, accounting, antitrust, at risk, bankrupt, bearish, broke, bullish, capital, cheap, comp, cut, deductible, disadvantaged, door, economic, expensive, free, full, gratis, half, hard up, high, in the black, in the red, labor, marketable, mom, nonpartisan, nonrefundable, nontaxable, on, on time, out, over, overinsured, overpriced, point, postpaid, preenactment, reduced, steep, storewide, subordinated, tax, underinsured, underpriced, uninsured, unsecured, worthless
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