About The Word Disadvantage
Learn about the word Disadvantage to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Disadvantage definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Disadvantage
| Disadvantage Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
- Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
- Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
- Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
- Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
- Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
- Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
- Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
- Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
- Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…