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View synonyms for disadvantage

disadvantage

[ dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn- ]

noun

  1. absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.

    Synonyms: hindrance, inconvenience, drawback

  2. the state or an instance of being in an unfavorable circumstance or condition:

    to be at a disadvantage.

  3. something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition:

    His bad temper is a disadvantage.

  4. injury to interest, reputation, credit, profit, etc.; loss:

    Your behavior is a disadvantage to your family's good name.

    Synonyms: damage, harm, hurt, detriment



verb (used with object)

, dis·ad·van·taged, dis·ad·van·tag·ing.
  1. to subject to disadvantage:

    I was disadvantaged by illness.

disadvantage

/ ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ /

noun

  1. an unfavourable circumstance, state of affairs, thing, person, etc
  2. injury, loss, or detriment
  3. an unfavourable condition or situation (esp in the phrase at a disadvantage )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to put at a disadvantage; handicap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disadvantage1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English disavauntage, from Anglo-French; Old French desavantage; equivalent to dis- 1 + advantage
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Example Sentences

Pachter said investors clearly think that the competing ad networks run by the likes of Snap and Twitter are going to be put at a disadvantage while titans like Google and Facebook charge ahead.

From Fortune

He’s unstoppable down there,1 after all, and Boston often appears to be at a significant size disadvantage.

Vince Tibone, retail sector head at Green Street, says there are questions about whether the unusual ownership structure put other landlords at a disadvantage.

From Ozy

However, vice presidents also face a number of disadvantages in the modern nomination system.

With extensive training and practice, athletes facing off against left-handers may be able to overcome this disadvantage in some sports.

Further, in the Super Tuesday states of Florida, Texas, and Virginia, Paul is operating at a decided disadvantage.

“The only disadvantage is contrary to President Obama, we definitely have ‘boots on the ground,’” the former Army officer said.

The only slight disadvantage to doing more and more things is you really have to be where the problems are.

So the disadvantage of having multiple things is on a day where everything is going badly on all things.

But Democrats are at a huge disadvantage in outside spending, the study found.

“I don't want any man taken by surprise or at disadvantage; I simply wish for truth,” said he.

Its disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.

It was certainly curious, this desire to screen his cousin, to prevent his appearing at a disadvantage.

(p. 340) In summer the roads are very dusty in California, and this dust is a disadvantage to the tobacco planter.

The English were at enormous disadvantage in being unable to bring into action their whole force together.

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