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
Despite these financial disadvantages, Grimes has kept the contest fairly close.
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP | Center for Public Integrity | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhatever they subjectively believe, however, their agenda objectively disadvantages gays, immigrants, women, and people of color.
Some might argue that the disadvantages facing lesser-known candidates can be cured with more time in a national spotlight.
Biden? Warren? O’Malley? Please. After Clinton, There’s No One. | Kristen Soltis Anderson | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRacial minorities, and African Americans in particular, face a whole host of disadvantages that are unique to their situation.
Who is Most Excited About America's Future? Minorities | Jamelle Bouie | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPut simply, black people still face unique and persistent disadvantages.
How Obama and the Democrats Get Inequality Wrong | Jamelle Bouie | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His discoveries were numerous, though his experiments were made under great disadvantages.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellShe was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMr. Hayden has made considerable progress, considering his disadvantages, in his educational improvements.
For long-exposure photography, the advantage above referred to is obvious, but it is attended by certain disadvantages.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters | James Edward KeelerIn this connexion it may be said that a good railway system obviates many of the disadvantages attending the use of tents.
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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