disadvantage

[Dis`ad*van·tage]

A piece of bad luck or a less favorable position is a disadvantage. If you are trying to run a fifty yard dash in flip flops when everyone else has on running shoes, you'll be at a disadvantage.

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Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

Noun
the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

Verb
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"


n.
Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

n.
Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.

v. t.
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.


Disadvantage

Dis`ad*van"tage (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F. d'82savantage.] 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.
Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage.
2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.
Syn. -- Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.

Disadvantage

Dis`ad*van"tage, v. t. [Cf. F. d'82savantager.] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

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Usage Examples

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.

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Other Usage Examples

Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They're keeping up with their friends and family, but they're also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They're connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It's almost a disadvantage if you're not on it now.

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

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