Disadvantageous
[,dɪsædv(ə)n'teɪdʒəs] or [,dɪsædvæn'tedʒəs]
Definition
(a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1].Unfavorable, ineligible, inconvenient.[2].Injurious, prejudicial, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious.
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Examples
- But how disadvantageous soever this system may appear, yet, before the Union, the low price of cattle seems to have rendered it almost unavoidable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By two comparisons so disadvantageous the passion must be entirely destroyed. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Every man's interest would prompt him to seek the advantageous, and to shun the disadvantageous employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The lottery of the sea is not altogether so disadvantageous as that of the army. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But it was not in a desirable neighborhood, and owing to the rapid growth of the business soon became disadvantageous for other reasons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was found disadvantageous to have an entire convolution of the thread of the screw; for one part of it worked in the wake of the other, and resistance was produced by the backwater. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Its object was to relieve the merchants from the inconvenience of a disadvantageous exchange. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That high price, indeed, was extremely disadvantageous to the merchants who had any money to pay in foreign countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So far this treaty, therefore, is evidently advantageous to Portugal, and disadvantageous to Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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