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disadvantageous

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dis·ad·van·ta·geous  (ds-dvn-tjs, dsd-vn-)
adj.
Detrimental; unfavorable.
dis·advan·tageous·ly adv.
disadvantageous [dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs ˌdɪsæd-]
adj
unfavourable; detrimental
disadvantageously  adv
disadvantageousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.disadvantageous - constituting a disadvantage
inexpedient - not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
advantageous - giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"
disadvantageous
adjective unfavourable, damaging, harmful, adverse, detrimental, inconvenient, hurtful, prejudicial, deleterious, injurious, ill-timed, inopportune, inexpedient This policy has proved extremely disadvantageous for us.
Translations
disadvantageous [ˌdɪsædvɑːnˈteɪdʒəs] ADJ (= unfavourable) [circumstances] → desventajoso
disadvantageous [ˌdɪsædvənˈteɪdʒəs] adj → désavantageux/euse
to be disadvantageous to sb → être défavorable à qn
disadvantageous
adj, disadvantageously
adv → nachteilig
disadvantageous [ˌdɪsædvɑːnˈteɪdʒəs] adj → svantaggioso/a, sfavorevole
disadvantageous [ˌdɪsædvɑːnˈteɪdʒəs] adj → svantaggioso/a, sfavorevole


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You may perhaps ask how under these disadvantageous circumstances we are able to distinguish our friends from one another: but the answer to this very natural question will be more fitly and easily given when I come to describe the inhabitants of Flatland.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
But to govern ill is disadvantageous to both; for the same thing is useful to the part and to the whole, to the body and to the soul; but the slave is as it were a part of the master, as if he were an animated part of his body, though separate.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Levin's conviction that it could not be was founded on the idea that in the eyes of her family he was a disadvantageous and worthless match for the charming Kitty, and that Kitty herself could not love him.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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