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Webster 1913 Edition


Disadvantage

Disˊad-van′tage

(?; 48, 61)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
désavantage
.]
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.
Syn. – Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.

Disˊad-van′tage

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
désavantager
.]
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disadvantage

DISADVANTAGE

,
Noun.
1.
That which prevents success, or renders it difficult; a state not favorable to successful operation. The army commenced an attack on the enemy, notwithstanding the disadvantage of its position.
2.
Any unfavorable state; a state in which some loss or injury may be sustained. Hence,
3.
Loss; injury; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good; as, to sell goods to disadvantage.

DISADVANTAGE

,
Verb.
T.
To injure in interest; to prejudice.

Definition 2024


disadvantage

disadvantage

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Noun

disadvantage (plural disadvantages)

  1. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
    The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.
  2. A setback or handicap.
    My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.
    • Burke
      I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you.
    • Palfrey
      Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage.
  3. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
    • Bancroft
      They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.

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disadvantage (third-person singular simple present disadvantages, present participle disadvantaging, simple past and past participle disadvantaged)

  1. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.
    They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.
    • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
      For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.

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