underprivileged
expedience
self-seeking
self-interest
inability
opportunism
have nothing on someone
disadvantaged
underprivilege
hold hostage
negatively privileged
unselfish
on the outside, looking in
off one's guard
under one's own steam
free ride
charity
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
unadvantaged
nonbeneficiary
unforgivingness
unawares
short
rugged individualism
heartlessness
self-denying
hardheartedness
self-deprivation
unforgiving
impervious
coldheartedness
level playing field
lose
suffer
unpromisingness
lowly
opportunistic
nonadvantageous
effectless
helplessly
small
disadvantageous
defenselessness
out on a limb
unadvantageous
gainless
not have a prayer
knackless
downside
lose out
nonincentive
self-made
spoiler
plaster saint
inalienable
disprivilege
carefreeness
unexploitation
nonaspiring
deprival
crapmeister
hamper
unsymbolic
incentiveless
innocence
unfulfilling
make hay
non-rivalry
light
nondominance
nonrepresentative
handicap
it's lonely at the top
hinder
nondomination
anarchic
subhuman
maladjustment
disadvantageously
counteradvantage
nothing ventured, nothing gained
inevasible
paint oneself into a corner
tenderness
unavailed
misendow
box oneself into a corner
disempowerment
impostor syndrome
carpetbagger
you don't get something for nothing
pull the ladder up behind oneself
unemployed
softheartedness
unavailableness
carpetbag
unsocial
lightweight