disadvantaged

adjective2

1. •
   Lacking an advantage relative to another.

   • Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England. — 2023
2. •
   (euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties.

   • And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn. — 2020