Disadvantaged

The "disadvantaged" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who:

Economically disadvantaged

In common use "the disadvantaged" is a generic term for those "from lower-income backgrounds" or "the Disadvantaged Poor". The "economically disadvantaged" is a term used by government institutions in for example allocating free school meals to "a student who is a section of a household that meets the income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals less than or equal to 185% of Federal Poverty Guidelines" or multiple grants.

The "disadvantaged" is often applied in a third world context[] in addition to typically relate to women with reduced "upward mobility" suffering social exclusion & having limited access to natural resources and economic opportunities. They are often landless or marginal farmers operating on the near unproductive land.

According to Paul Krugman in an October 2002 article titled "about the distribution of wealth", there is even more of a divide between the classes today than in the 1920s, meaning that the disadvantaged are becoming more economically disadvantaged.