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disadvantage definition

dis·ad·van·tage (dis′əd vant′ij)

noun

  1. an unfavorable situation or circumstance; drawback; handicap
  2. loss or injury, as to reputation or credit; detriment

Etymology: ME disavauntage < OFr desavantage: see dis- & advantage

transitive verb disadvantaged -·taged, disadvantaging -·tag′·ing

to act to the disadvantage of
disadvantage Idioms

at a disadvantage

in an unfavorable situation (for doing something)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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