Disadvantages

Examples

• 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.
• I leave my estate, with all its advantages and all its disadvantages, to my brother, your father, whence it will, no doubt, descend to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Under the disadvantages, indeed, which both have had, is it not wonderful that they should be what they are? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• What I am going to say, my dear, is, that notwithstanding our property, we labour, socially speaking, under disadvantages. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Wood and iron both have their peculiar advantages and disadvantages. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Yes, we must suppose the faults of the niece to have been those of the aunt; and it makes one more sensible of the disadvantages she has been under. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But there are disadvantages which render it unfit for the larger sizes of rope, and it is therefore used only on a limited range of sizes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In any case it was a lowly marriage, and the personal genius of Constantine prevailed against serious disadvantages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She hadn't my advantages—disadvantages you would call 'em, but I call 'em advantages—so you'll not waste your power, I dare say. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages of a mere tale of spectres or enchantment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• This and other disadvantages have given the built-up guns general preference in this country, they being found strong enough to bear any pressure desirable in service. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Expansion and Contraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The residence of such wealthy people necessarily keeps alive, in spite of all disadvantages, a certain degree of industry in the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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