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Definition of Disadvantage
1. Noun. The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
Specialized synonyms: Unfavorableness, Unfavourableness, Limitation, Defect, Shortcoming, Awkwardness, Nuisance Value, Deprivation, Loss, Drawback, Penalty, Inferiority, Unfavorable Position, Inexpedience, Inexpediency, Unprofitability, Unprofitableness
Antonyms: Advantage
Derivative terms: Disadvantageous
2. Verb. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm. "This rule clearly disadvantages me"
Specialized synonyms: Hamper, Handicap, Hinder, Prejudice
Generic synonyms: Discriminate, Separate, Single Out
Antonyms: Advantage
Derivative terms: Disfavor, Disfavour
Definition of Disadvantage
1. n. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
2. v. t. To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
Definition of Disadvantage
1. Noun. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con. ¹
2. Noun. A setback or handicap. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disadvantage
1. [v -TAGED, -TAGING, -TAGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disadvantage
Literary usage of Disadvantage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... a story to your disadvantage; and as I could hardly suppose it possible, that
you would delay so long to make me easy, unless you was ill, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"In Ne otia these naval hostilities, every disadvantage was on the tions and side
of the Greeks : their savage enemy afforded no mer- prophecy. ..."
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