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Synonym for "disadvantaged" / "handicapped"?
USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, this book would be disadvantaged."
However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right.
Other options are:
handicapped
weakened
impoverished
Roget's gives:
boxed in, cornered, depressed, deprived, destitute, discriminated against, hard up, have-not, impoverished, locked out, poor, struggling, truly needy, underdog, underprivileged, vulnerable
Alternately: "at a disadvantage" / "at a loss"
But, none of these is the term I'm looking for.
Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?
Joseph
However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right.
Other options are:
handicapped
weakened
impoverished
Roget's gives:
boxed in, cornered, depressed, deprived, destitute, discriminated against, hard up, have-not, impoverished, locked out, poor, struggling, truly needy, underdog, underprivileged, vulnerable
Alternately: "at a disadvantage" / "at a loss"
But, none of these is the term I'm looking for.
Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?
Joseph
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" However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right. Other ... none of these is the term I'm looking for.
- " However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right.
- Other ...
- none of these is the term I'm looking for.
- [/nq] "Hampered" or "hindered" for this usage..
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Joseph Turian filted:
[nq:1]USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, this book would be disadvantaged." However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right. Other ... none of these is the term I'm looking for. Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?[/nq]
"Hampered" or "hindered" for this usage..
A colleague of mine says her husband is old
[nq:1]USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, this book would be disadvantaged." However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right. Other ... none of these is the term I'm looking for. Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?[/nq]
"Hampered" or "hindered" for this usage..
A colleague of mine says her husband is old
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[nq:1]"Hampered" or "hindered" for this usage..[/nq]
"hampered" + "hindered" connote something that induces drag, so I don't think they work.
I've been thinking about it, and I suspect the word I'm looking for is one that suggests a lack of being charmed/lucky/blessed.
[nq:1]A colleague of mine says her husband is old enough to remember being(in reverse chronological order) "challenged
"hampered" + "hindered" connote something that induces drag, so I don't think they work.
I've been thinking about it, and I suspect the word I'm looking for is one that suggests a lack of being charmed/lucky/blessed.
[nq:1]A colleague of mine says her husband is old enough to remember being(in reverse chronological order) "challenged
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Joseph Turian filted:
Listed from most recent to most remote...he's been using the same wheelchair or one like it the entire time..r
Listed from most recent to most remote...he's been using the same wheelchair or one like it the entire time..r
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[nq:1]Listed from most recent to most remote...he's been using the samewheelchair or one like it the entire time..r[/nq]
Oh ha, the point was about how the terminology has changed, not his condition. (smacks forehead)
Joseph
Oh ha, the point was about how the terminology has changed, not his condition. (smacks forehead)
Joseph
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[nq:1]USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, this book would be disadvantaged." However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right. Other ... none of these is the term I'm looking for. Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?[/nq]
What book is referred to, and what is the occasion for the review? It's hard to tell if it's a good book that would
What book is referred to, and what is the occasion for the review? It's hard to tell if it's a good book that would
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[nq:1]USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, this book would be disadvantaged." However, "disadvantaged" doesn't sound right. Other ... none of these is the term I'm looking for. Could anyone suggest alternate options, be they single words or expressions?[/nq]
I'd try impoverished or depauperate. They're a little metaphorical in this sense, but the idea is right.
His car
I'd try impoverished or depauperate. They're a little metaphorical in this sense, but the idea is right.
His car
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[nq:2]USAGE: "But for his careful editing and sundry revisions, thisbook would be disadvantaged."[/nq]
This book would have been a poor thing but for X's careful editing and many revisions.
Without X's careful editing and many revisions, this book would have been the poorer.
This book is the richer for X's editing and revision.
Mike.
This book would have been a poor thing but for X's careful editing and many revisions.
Without X's careful editing and many revisions, this book would have been the poorer.
This book is the richer for X's editing and revision.
Mike.
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