count against

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to have influence to the disadvantage of

   your bad timekeeping will count against you

Idioms and Phrases

Be disadvantageous to, as in His earnings this year will count against his Social Security benefits. This idiom uses count in the sense of “make a reckoning,” in this case negative. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

Mutharika's age may count against him this election - speculation about his health is rife, especially as he has rarely been seen out in public during the campaign period.

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His partner for that success, Andrew Novak, is unlikely to have done enough to warrant selection though and Griffin's relative inexperience at this level may count against him.

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I've always had a soft spot for the 1982 Ferrari 126C2, particularly after the front suspension rocker arms it started the season with were replaced by wishbones and a pullrod, is also beautiful - although its fragility, exposed in the accidents suffered by Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, has to count against it.

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In a 2-and-0 count against Suarez, he launched a center-cut fastball deep into the left-field stands.

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One of them, by sub fielder Liam Dawson, is the sort of thing that will count against his chances of going as the second spinner.

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