Ben Carson

We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.

American Scientist

Hermann Ebbinghaus

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.

German Psychologist

George Osborne

Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.

British Politician

Steve Prefontaine

American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living.

American Athlete

Michelle Obama

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

American First Lady

Gerry Harvey

Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.

Australian Businessman

Hannah Teter

The concept of bettering yourself at the disadvantage of others is out the door, and the new one is to help one another while helping yourself.

Georgina Bloomberg

Having the name 'Bloomberg' doesn't help me in any way... and it really is a disadvantage and takes away from the image I'm trying to portray.

American Celebrity

Frank Shamrock

I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged communities.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Emre Can

I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.

German Athlete

Conveys a slight negative feeling, suggesting a barrier to success.

Negative Nuance

Use 'disadvantage' to compare two situations, showing how one is less favorable.

Compare Situations

Often used to imply a challenge that can be overcome with effort.

Overcome Challenges

As a verb, it emphasizes the action that causes the unfavorable condition.

Action-Oriented

Explain the negative effect on the person or group mentioned.

Focus on Effect

It often suggests a sense of unfairness or inequality in the action described.

Implied Unfairness

Points out a specific weakness affecting individual performance.

Performance Impact

Common in job market discussions to identify a candidate's weak point.

Job Market Usage

Frequently refers to an individual's personal attributes or circumstances.

Often Personal

Used in sports to discuss factors that negatively affect competition.

Competitive Context

Discussing home field advantage implies the visiting team's disadvantage.

Home vs. Away

 though it may be more prevalent and disproportionately affect the experiences of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is. It's not a disease or an abnormality, and it isn’t necessarily tied to depression, anxiety, or self-esteem.

What is imposter...

 He began to see the beauty of the spirit world everywhere he went, even in the city he'd previously shunned. Others cautioned that he risked kegare— but he never told them why he so freely mingled with the sick and disadvantaged. For he knew that people could only truly understand harae

The Japanese folktale of...

 when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens, agree that that's what we ought to be doing and that's how we ought to be spending our money. We could be providing early childhood care for economically disadvantaged and otherwise troubled kids,

Lessons from death row...

 be over such no calf muscles would never exist in nature because of the big evolutionary disadvantage is characteristic on first to the species but it can happen if we design a genetic therapy for it in a lab I've seen one approach has been used to find

Sequencing genomes to...

 protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,

Why are there so many...

 The great disadvantage of it is that the Han have a very weak conception of cultural difference. They really believe in their own superiority, and they are disrespectful of those who are not. Hence their attitude, for example,

Understanding the rise...

 where the cause of the poor and the lowly and the disadvantaged would be championed over those who oppressed them by studying stories agreed upon to be true a clearer albeit hypothesized portrait of Christ's life can emerge

The Missing Years of...

 would be at a disadvantage. Secondly, survival is not how evolution occurs, reproduction is. And the world if full of creatures like the male anglerfish, which is so small and ill-suited for survival at birth

Myths and misconceptions...

 giving us an anatomical disadvantage. So bring your nose close to the world around you. The ground, surfaces, objects, the food in your hand. Get close to your dog, your partner, the book you're reading.

How to master your sense...

 breeds must feel at a distinct disadvantage but that's Boston Terriers up for the challenge no matter how great he knows the rules exchange doggie bows and he won't get hurt

Disadvantage