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View synonyms for disadvantageous

disadvantageous

[ dis-ad-vuhn-tey-juhs, dis-ad- ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.


disadvantageous

/ ˌdɪsæd-; dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs /

adjective

  1. unfavourable; detrimental


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Derived Forms

  • disˌadvanˈtageousness, noun
  • disˌadvanˈtageously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • dis·advan·tageous·ly adverb
  • dis·advan·tageous·ness noun
  • quasi-dis·advan·tageous adjective
  • quasi-dis·advan·tageous·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disadvantageous1

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + advantageous

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Example Sentences

As Justice Kennedy noted, “this creates a disadvantageous position for some employees.”

The suit should not be so full of possible tenaces as to make it disadvantageous to open it.

Castalia lacked the Ancram gift of embellishing disadvantageous circumstances.

Constructional requirements determined as the only available position for this rudder a rather disadvantageous one.

Most of his English counsellors dissuaded him from accepting conditions so disadvantageous and dishonorable.

Egerton advised him that the demise was disadvantageous, but that it might be hard to terminate it without Browne's concurrence.

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