Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Detrimental; unfavorable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Attended with disadvantage; not adapted to promote interest, reputation, or other good; unfavorable; detrimental.
- Biased; unfriendly; prejudicial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
advantageous .
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- adjective Not
advantageous .
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- adjective constituting a disadvantage
Etymologies
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Examples
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Genov's resignation on August 24 2009 was telegraphed some days ago after a fallout with Energy Minister Traicho Traikov about Traikov's allegation that Kozloduy had sold power on the open market on terms disadvantageous to the nuclear power station.
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Even where distinct vision would be 'disadvantageous' he half doubts if fusion comes to the rescue, or if even the color-wheel ever produces complete fusion.
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"disadvantageous" deal, saying that "the state will gain from the agreement, either directly or through royalties."
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How would you rectify the prevalence of innate but deleterious (or disadvantageous) genetic traits?
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Froufrou says: âHow would you rectify the prevalence of innate but deleterious (or disadvantageous) genetic traits?
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Keep your strawman arguments at home, Barb. and a man with 10 wives – disadvantageous as that is for the dog and the wives.
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And if there is, I suppose you are ready to grant marital rights to a man with his dog, and a man with 10 wives – disadvantageous as that is for the dog and the wives.
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Any advantageous evolutionary change would have to exceed functional neutrality (zero) to the same extent that the wasteful disadvantageous junk exceeded zero in the opposite direction would it not?
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Better to stress that this is only one isolated incident, being played up specifically since it is such a disadvantageous story for the pro-immigration side.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo? 2010
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Better to stress that this is only one isolated incident, being played up specifically since it is such a disadvantageous story for the pro-immigration side.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo? 2010
Telofy commented on the word disadvantageous
/dɪsædvənˈteɪdʒəs/
Are there native speakers who pronounce this /dɪsəd'væntədʒəs/?
(That’d be some consolation...)
October 23, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word disadvantageous
Another case of adjacent gauge? :)
October 23, 2009
Telofy commented on the word disadvantageous
Definitely!
And you might enjoy reading The Chaos for inspiration.
October 24, 2009