About The Word Disadvantage
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Disadvantage
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What's The Definition Of Disadvantage?
[n] the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
[v] put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" Synonyms | Synonyms for Disadvantage: disfavor | disfavour Related Terms | Find terms related to Disadvantage: abuse | ado | afflict | aggrieve | annoyance | anxiety | bar | befoul | besetment | bewitch | blight | blocking | bother | burden | burthen | can of worms | cargo | charge | condemn | corrupt | cross | crucify | cumbrance | curse | damage | deadweight | defect | defile | deprave | deprivation | despoil | destroy | detriment | difficulty | disability | disaccommodate | discommode | disoblige | disserve | disservice | distress | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | doom | drawback | embarrassment | encumbrance | envenom | evil | fault | flaw | freight | get into trouble | great ado | hamper | handicap | harass | harm | headache | hex | hindrance | hurt | impair | impairment | impediment | impedimenta | impose upon | imposition | incommode | inconvenience | infect | injure | injury | jinx | liability | load | loss | loss of ground | lumber | maltreat | matter | menace | mischief | mistreat | molest | obstacle | obstruction | onus | outrage | pack | peck of troubles | penalty | persecute | play havoc with | play hob with | poison | pollute | prejudice | problem | put out | put to inconvenience | put to trouble | savage | scathe | sea of troubles | shortcoming | step backward | taint | threaten | torment | torture | trouble | violate | weakness | weight | white elephant | worry | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong See Also | awkwardness | defect | deprivation | discriminate | drawback | hamper | handicap | hinder | inconvenience | inexpedience | inexpediency | inferiority | liability | limitation | loss | nuisance value | penalty | prejudice | restriction | separate | shortcoming | single out | unfavorable position | unfavorableness | unfavourableness | unprofitability | unprofitableness Disadvantage In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`ad*van"tage\ (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantage.]
1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial
quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which
hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
I was brought here under the disadvantage of being
unknown by sight to any of you. --Burke.
Abandoned by their great patron, the faction
henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey.
2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame,
credit, profit, or other good.
They would throw a construction on his conduct, to
his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft.
Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.
\Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]savantager.] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to. |
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