disadvantage
absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
the state or an instance of being in an unfavorable circumstance or condition: to be at a disadvantage.
something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition: His bad temper is a disadvantage.
injury to interest, reputation, credit, profit, etc.; loss: Your behavior is a disadvantage to your family's good name.
to subject to disadvantage: I was disadvantaged by illness.
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How to use disadvantage in a sentence
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.
Facebook: Apple privacy changes will muck up online ads | Verne Kopytoff | August 26, 2020 | FortuneHe’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.
America’s Largest Shopping Mall Owner Gets a New Tenant: Itself | Daniel Malloy | August 20, 2020 | OzyHowever, vice presidents also face a number of disadvantages in the modern nomination system.
Biden Had To Fight For The Presidential Nomination. But Most VPs Have To. | Julia Azari | August 20, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightWith extensive training and practice, athletes facing off against left-handers may be able to overcome this disadvantage in some sports.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
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.
Air Force Pilots Say They're Flying Blind Against ISIS | Dave Majumdar | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuIts disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt was certainly curious, this desire to screen his cousin, to prevent his appearing at a disadvantage.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood(p. 340) In summer the roads are very dusty in California, and this dust is a disadvantage to the tobacco planter.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The English were at enormous disadvantage in being unable to bring into action their whole force together.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for disadvantage
/ (ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ) /
an unfavourable circumstance, state of affairs, thing, person, etc
injury, loss, or detriment
an unfavourable condition or situation (esp in the phrase at a disadvantage)
(tr) to put at a disadvantage; handicap
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