advantagedad‧van‧taged /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd $ ədˈvæn-/ adjective formal - Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position.
- The advantaged will become an interest group, perhaps a social class or status group.
- The expanding region will attract capital for investment and workers will migrate from the less advantaged areas.
- The hon. Gentleman came not from an especially poor background, but not from an especially advantaged one either.
- We are thinking of the advantaged children.
► less advantaged Some of the boys come from less advantaged backgrounds. ► socially/geographically/economically etc advantaged nounadvantage ≠ disadvantagethe disadvantagedadjectiveadvantageous ≠ disadvantageousadvantaged ≠ disadvantagedverbdisadvantageadverbadvantageously ≠ disadvantageously