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disadvantage
[ dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn- ]
noun
- absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
Synonyms: , ,
- the state or an instance of being in an unfavorable circumstance or condition:
to be at a disadvantage.
- something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition:
His bad temper is a disadvantage.
- injury to interest, reputation, credit, profit, etc.; loss:
Your behavior is a disadvantage to your family's good name.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- to subject to disadvantage:
I was disadvantaged by illness.
disadvantage
/ ˌɪəˈɑːԳɪ /
noun
- an unfavourable circumstance, state of affairs, thing, person, etc
- injury, loss, or detriment
- an unfavourable condition or situation (esp in the phrase at a disadvantage )
verb
- tr to put at a disadvantage; handicap
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of disadvantage1
Example Sentences
Among other position players, Roberts said, “I don’t know if that tax of playing an extra month is necessarily a disadvantage for the following season.”
The judges said trans people are still protected from discrimination under equalities legislation, and that this interpretation of the law does not cause disadvantage to the "potentially vulnerable group".
Nothing about all this ensures that some combination of factors in California or the rest of the world won’t rejumble these rankings, perhaps to the state’s disadvantage.
Indigenous Australians, who represent about 3.8% of the nation's 26 million population, are by most socio-economic measures the most disadvantaged people in the country - something successive leaders have for years called a "national shame".
Long waiting times to access specialist support, especially for children and young people were highlighted during a recent consultation, which also found that those from certain economic or ethnic minority backgrounds were disadvantaged.
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