Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of advantage or suitableness; unfavorableness.
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- noun The state or quality of being
disadvantageous .
Etymologies
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From disadvantage + -ous + -ness.
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Examples
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Rawls 1985 examined the limits to fairness and the impossibility of completely eliminating disadvantageousness.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Rawls 1985 examined the limits to fairness and the impossibility of completely eliminating disadvantageousness.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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