Disadvantage
[dɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒ] or [,dɪsəd'væntɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
(verb.) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; 'This rule clearly disadvantages me'.
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Definition
(n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
(n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
(v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Unfavorableness.[2].Injury, loss, damage, detriment, disservice, prejudice, hurt.
Editor: Lyle
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADVANTAGE]
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Definition
n. want of advantage: what is unfavourable to one's interest: loss: injury.—adjs. Disadvan′tageable (obs.); Disadvantā′geous attended with disadvantage: unfavourable.—adv. Disadvantā′geously.—n. Disadvantā′geousness.
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Examples
- Its rule combines the disadvantage of absolute monarchy with the impersonality and irresponsibility of democratic officialdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Though WE have not known him long, he is no stranger in this part of the world; and who has ever spoken to his disadvantage? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The best-looking among us will not look very well, lurking at a corner, and Bradley came out of that disadvantage very poorly indeed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fish on his return from St. Louis, after he had argued the Edison side, he felt keenly that disadvantage, to say nothing of the hopeless difficulty of educating the court. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The efficiency of the Diesel engine is high, and it can use low grades of fuel, but it has the disadvantage of greater weight per horse-power than other engines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I never saw his legs to such disadvantage before. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You are as well aware as I am, that I have had many disadvantages to leave behind me in life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They would all trade with the same advantages and disadvantages. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This type of cell, however, has many serious disadvantages inherent to its very nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But days before the battle began the advantages as well as the disadvantages of this plan of action were all considered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Now here's one of the advantages, or disadvantages, of knowing a disappointed man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That plan is, however, attended with considerable disadvantages. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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