disadvantageous
disadvantageous
Definition
dis·ad·van·ta·geous (dis′ad′vən tā′jəs)
adjective
causing or characterized by disadvantage; unfavorable; adverse; detrimental
dis′·ad′·van·ta′·geously adverb
disadvantageous
Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- woman: It ' s highly disadvantageous for women as it causes hair growth on the face and clitoral enlargement.
Modifies a noun
- position: Lurch: To be left in the lurch is to be left in a disadvantageous position.
- term: The generally disadvantageous economic terms on which they have joined the EU are becoming increasingly obvious.
- effect: For this reason, Unique decided on the more up-to-date solution of LCD technology, which does not suffer from this disadvantageous burn-in effect.
- condition: They were not necessarily poor or faced disadvantageous socio-economic conditions.
- background: The World Bank also argues that private expansion will not widen access to students from disadvantageous backgrounds or rural regions.
- price: Will often be at a disadvantageous price to a board lot.
Modifying Another Word
- particularly: For these people, HE admissions decisions drawing on predicted grades may be particularly disadvantageous.
- very: For example, marriage was very disadvantageous to early-Victorian women.
- so: These arguments, including what nerves and brains are like, show strongly why it is, why it is so disadvantageous.
- also: Frames are also disadvantageous for usability as they can cause problems with the back button, printing, history and bookmarking.
- extremely: What is clear, is that being drawn high is extremely disadvantageous.
- highly: It ' s highly disadvantageous for women as it causes hair growth on the face and clitoral enlargement.
Browse dictionary entries near disadvantageous
- disadvantaged
- disadvantage
- disaccustom
- disaccredit
- disaccord
- disaccharide
- disabuse
- disabled
- disable
- disability insurance
- disaffect
- disaffected
- disaffection
- disaffiliate
- disaffirm
- disafforest
- disaggregate
- disagree
- disagreeable
- disagreeably
