structural disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsofstructuralanddisadvantage

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structural
adjective
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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disadvantage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things ...
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(Definition ofstructuralanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstructural disadvantage

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Class, paid employment and family roles : making sense ofstructuraldisadvantage, gender and health status.
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It is thisstructuraldisadvantagethat is regarded as preventing them from exerting their economic independence, engaging freely in local civic structures and thus claiming their full rights as citizens.
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Governmental co-operation with trade unions could therefore be justified as helping to counter thestructuraldisadvantageof employees in terms of power.
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Some analyses have found that changes instructuraldisadvantage, population mobility, and immigrant population have been associated with changes in police misconduct.
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Despite structural disadvantages such as poor health or limited income, the role of individual agency in establishing and maintaining social support was especially striking.
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By insisting that parties to deliberation not depart from public reason, they also propose to rigidify some of the structural disadvantages that marginalized groups confront.
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Development emphasises the interplay of structural disadvantages and other natural causes in the creation of poverty.
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In these places there are chronic structural disadvantages, such as remote, island and deindustrialised regions and others.
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The political principle of 'solidarity' must be fully respected in order to reduce the structural disadvantages of these regions.
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The islands suffer from structural disadvantages which in the long term end up having a negative effect on their economic and social development.
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It is capable of doing that despite its structural disadvantages, thanks to the preferential measures designed to enable it to compete with the transport of goods by road.
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Infrastructure investments may extend the labor market and decrease structural disadvantages within the country; however, their effectiveness depends on their investment design and main objective.
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