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disadvantage
(encz) | disadvantage,neprospěch Kropeš |
disadvantage
(encz) | disadvantage,nevýhoda luke |
Disadvantage
(gcide) | Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]savantager.]
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
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Disadvantage
(gcide) | Disadvantage \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.
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I was brought here under the disadvantage of being
unknown by sight to any of you. --Burke.
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Abandoned by their great patron, the faction
henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey.
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2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame,
credit, profit, or other good.
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They would throw a construction on his conduct, to
his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft.
Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.
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disadvantage
(wn) | disadvantage
n 1: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable
position [ant: advantage, vantage]
v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor,
disfavour] [ant: advantage] |
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competitive disadvantage
(encz) | competitive disadvantage, |
disadvantage
(encz) | disadvantage,neprospěch Kropešdisadvantage,nevýhoda luke |
disadvantaged
(encz) | disadvantaged,znevýhodněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disadvantageous
(encz) | disadvantageous,nevýhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disadvantageously
(encz) | disadvantageously,nevýhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disadvantages
(encz) | disadvantages,nedostatky n: pl. Zdeněk Broždisadvantages,nevýhody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Disadvantageable
(gcide) | Disadvantageable \Dis`ad*van"tage*a*ble\, a.
Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Disadvantageous
(gcide) | Disadvantageous \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.
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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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Disadvantageously
(gcide) | Disadvantageous \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.
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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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Disadvantageousness
(gcide) | Disadvantageous \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.
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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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disadvantage
(wn) | disadvantage
n 1: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable
position [ant: advantage, vantage]
v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor,
disfavour] [ant: advantage] |
disadvantaged
(wn) | disadvantaged
adj 1: marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of
life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood
that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off
charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the
family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral
degradation, and disregard for law" [syn: deprived,
disadvantaged] |
disadvantageous
(wn) | disadvantageous
adj 1: constituting a disadvantage [ant: advantageous] |
disadvantageously
(wn) | disadvantageously
adv 1: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the
venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that
the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn:
badly, disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously,
well] |
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