disadvantage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- dĭs'əd-văn'tĭj (General-American)
- /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- dĭs'əd-vän'tĭj (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English disavauntage, from Old French desavantage.
Meanings
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A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.
One of the disadvantages of increasing intermediate stops is that, as we have pointed out already, certain prestige trains have to suffer, notably the "Cornish Riviera Express", slowed 15min to Plymouth by stops at Taunton and Exeter; the "Torbay Express", decelerated 18min by stops at Reading, Westbury, Taunton and Newton Abbot; and the "Bristolian", which adds 14min in order to allow for a Bath stop and an increased load.
1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:
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A setback or handicap.
1859-1890, John G. Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage.
I was brought hither under the disadvantage of being unknown, even by sight, to any of you.
1774, Edmund Burke, speech to the electors of Bristol:My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.
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Loss; detriment; hindrance.
They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.
1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disadvantages | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| disadvauntage | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
disadvantageable · first-mover disadvantage
Synonyms
drawback (an undesirable characteristic) · malefit (an undesirable characteristic) · debit (an undesirable characteristic) · con (an undesirable characteristic) · afterdeal (a handicap) · downside (an undesirable characteristic) · weakness (a handicap) · afterdeal (an undesirable characteristic)
Translations (67)
bg неудобство (loss; detriment; hindrance) · vi sự thiệt hại (loss; detriment; hindrance) · ro dezavantaj (setback or handicap) · ru препя́тствие (loss; detriment; hindrance) · fi haittapuoli (weakness) · cs nevýhoda (weakness) · ru поме́ха (loss; detriment; hindrance) · hy վնաս (loss; detriment; hindrance) · de Nachteil (weakness) · ast desventaya (weakness) · el μειονέκτημα (weakness) · es desventaja (weakness) · he חיסרון (setback or handicap) · ast desventaya (setback or handicap) · ru невы́годное положе́ние (weakness) · he חיסרון (weakness) · fi haitta (setback or handicap) · da ulempe (weakness) · tr dezavantaj (weakness) · nn ulempe (setback or handicap) · nl nadeel (weakness) · cs nevýhoda (setback or handicap) · ca desavantatge (weakness) · gd ana-cothrom (setback or handicap) · pl niekorzyść (weakness) · be нявы́гаднае стано́вішча (weakness) · nn ulempe (weakness) · hu hátrány (setback or handicap) · fi haitta (weakness) · es desventaja (setback or handicap) · bg неизгодно положение (setback or handicap) · gl desvantaxe (weakness) · fr désavantage (weakness) · ca desavantatge (setback or handicap) · hy թերություն (setback or handicap) · fr désavantage (setback or handicap) · hu hátrány (weakness) · da ulempe (setback or handicap) · gl desvantaxe (setback or handicap) · ar سَيِّئَة (weakness) · ro dezavantaj (weakness) · sv nackdel (weakness) · vi sự bất lợi (weakness) · ko 불리 (weakness) · ga míbhuntáiste (weakness) · fi haittapuoli (setback or handicap) · vi mối tổn thất (loss; detriment; hindrance) · nb ulempe (weakness) · fi varjopuoli (setback or handicap) · pt desvantagem (setback or handicap) · ga míbhuntáiste (setback or handicap) · cmn 不利 (weakness) · it svantaggio (weakness) · ru неудо́бство (setback or handicap) · fo vansi (weakness) · tr dezavantaj (setback or handicap) · ru затрудне́ние (loss; detriment; hindrance) · it svantaggio (setback or handicap) · gd ana-cothrom (weakness) · pt desvantagem (weakness) · bg недостатък (weakness) · bg пречка (loss; detriment; hindrance) · ja 不利 (weakness) · pl wada (setback or handicap) · nb ulempe (setback or handicap) · fi varjopuoli (weakness) · vi thế bất lợi (setback or handicap)