disadvantaged position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisadvantagedandposition
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disadvantaged
adjective
uk/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒd/us/ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒd/
not having the standard of living conditions, education, etc. that most ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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It also reflects the rigidity of gender roles and thedisadvantagedpositionof women in early modern society.
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In the individualistic framework, disability is seen as an individual condition that results in adisadvantagedpositionregarding civic, economic, and personal flourishing.
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These cases illustrate according to her thedisadvantagedpositionof women.
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Thus, whatever the particular topic discussed is, disabilities are widely and mainly regarded as individual conditions that result in adisadvantagedpositionregarding civic, economic, and personal flourishing.
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In addition, the limited understanding that patients had of the health care system compared to that of health care professionals, placed them in adisadvantagedposition.
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People from rural communities are in a particularlydisadvantagedpositionwhen competing in the labour market.
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A number of influences have resulted in women occupying adisadvantagedpositionin the nation's labour force.
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That puts them in a seriouslydisadvantagedposition.
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The intermediate areas are in a lessdisadvantagedpositionin relation to the development areas.
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Many developing countries are being plagued by archaic cultural patterns to which thedisadvantagedpositionof women is directly attributable.
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They will be in adisadvantagedpositioncompared with their colleagues.
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We believe that as long as women have adisadvantagedposition, positive action is needed.
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While we want our animals to be protected, we cannot, at the same time, allow our producers to be put in adisadvantagedposition.
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They would not appear before them unless they were not in adisadvantagedposition.
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That would place him in a different anddisadvantagedpositionas regards other purchasers and might very well discourage building societies from lending on houses subject to such restrictions.
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This leaves citizens of such countries in a verydisadvantagedpositionlocally and internationally.
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Gymnasts make extensive use of this last technique by doing much of their training with straight arms (such as iron crosses, levers, and planches), giving them a mechanicallydisadvantagedposition.
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It would not be a bad idea if this revenue were to be used for education, to enable women and other people in disadvantaged positions to join the information society.
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