disadvantageous
adjective
dis·ad·van·ta·geous
(ˌ)dis-ˌad-ˌvan-ˈtā-jəs 
-vən-
1
: constituting a disadvantage
2
disadvantageously
adverb
disadvantageousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of disadvantageous in a Sentence
They might have to resell the property at a disadvantageous time.
Minority groups find themselves in a disadvantageous position.
The current system is disadvantageous to women.
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Brunson’s season ended on a fractured left hand, and an injury next season without a contract guarantee would put the star Knicks guard in a disadvantageous bargaining position.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
The real tragedy of great-power politics is not that rising powers strive to overthrow a materially disadvantageous order that great powers are unwilling to change.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2023
With chronic loneliness, that stress response gets stuck and becomes disadvantageous — similar to the way in which anxiety can shift a helpful fear response to a maladaptive mental illness.
—Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Traits that might normally be rare or disadvantageous can then get entrenched in the isolated group and evolve further.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
The real tragedy of great-power politics is not that rising powers strive to overthrow a materially disadvantageous order that great powers are unwilling to change.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2023
With chronic loneliness, that stress response gets stuck and becomes disadvantageous — similar to the way in which anxiety can shift a helpful fear response to a maladaptive mental illness.
—Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Traits that might normally be rare or disadvantageous can then get entrenched in the isolated group and evolve further.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
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“Disadvantageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disadvantageous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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disadvantageous
adjective
dis·ad·van·ta·geous
(ˌ)dis-ˌad-ˌvan-ˈtā-jəs
-vən-
: making it harder for a person to succeed or do something
in a disadvantageous position
disadvantageously
adverb
disadvantageousness
noun
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