A DISPOSABLE DIAPER (1A, 1B, 1C) INCLUDES A BASIC ABSORBENT BATT STRUCTURE (4A) HAVING FRONT AND REAR WAIST REGIONS (20, 22) AND A CROTCH REGION (21), A PAIR OF BARRIER CUFFS (7) EXTENDING ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BASIC ABSORBENT BATT STRUCTURE (4A) AND AT LEAST ONE SUPPLEMENTARY ABSORBENT BATT STRUCTURE (6A) PLACED ON THE FRONT WAIST REGION (20) OF THE BASIC ABSORBENT BATT STRCUTURE (4A) BETWEEN THE BARRIER CUFFS (7). THE SUPPLEMENTARY ABSORBENT BATT STRUCTURE (4A) HAS APROXIMAL END PORTION (6C) THEROF JOINED TO THE FRONT WAIST REGION (20) OF THE BASIC ABSORBENT BATT STRUCTURE (4A) AND HAS THE VICINITY OF A DISTAL END PORTION (6D) THEREOF JOINED TO THE VICINITIES OF THEBARRIER CUFFS (7).