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Disadvantageous

Disadvantageous Meaning & Definition
Disadvantageous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disadvantageous?

[adj] constituting a disadvantage

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disadvantageous: harmful | minus | negative

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disadvantageous: baleful | baneful | corroding | corrosive | corrupting | corruptive | counterproductive | damaging | deadly | deleterious | depreciative | depreciatory | detracting | detrimental | disparaging | disserviceable | distressing | harmful | hurtful | injurious | lethal | malefic | malevolent | malign | malignant | mischievous | noisome | noxious | ominous | pejorative | pernicious | poisonous | prejudicial | scatheful | slighting | toxic | unadvantageous | uncomplimentary | unfavorable | unprofitable | unrewarding | useless | venenate | veneniferous | venenous | venomous | vicious | virulent | worthless

See Also | inexpedient | inopportune

Disadvantageous In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]savantageux.] 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. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness}, n.

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