disadvantage as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
disadvantage
noun
1 disadvantage
The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
Roget 619:
evil,
ill,
harm,
hurt. ,
mischief,
nuisance;
machinations of the devil,
Pandora's box,
ills that flesh is heir to.
blow,
buffet,
stroke,
scratch,
bruise,
wound,
gash,
mutilation;
mortal blow,
wound;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.];
damage,
loss
etc.
(deterioration)
659.
disadvantage,
prejudice,
drawback.
disaster,
accident,
casualty;
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
bad job,
devil to pay;
calamity,
bale,
catastrophe,
tragedy;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162;
adversity
etc.
735.
mental suffering
etc.
828.
demon
etc.
980.
(Evil spirit)
bane,
etc.
663
(cause of evil).
badness,
etc.
649
(Production of Evil);
painfulness,
etc.
830;
evil doer,
etc.
913.
outrage,
wrong,
injury,
foul play;
bad turn,
ill turn;
disservice,
spoliation
etc.
791;
grievance,
crying evil.
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Roget 647:
inexpedience,
inexpediency;
undesirableness,
undesirability
etc.
adj.;
discommodity†,
impropriety;
unfitness
etc.
(disagreement)
24;
inutility
etc.
645;
disadvantage.
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Dutch: keerzij, keerzijde, min, minpunt, nadeel, opdonder, schaduwkant, schaduwzijde, tegenvaller
verb
1 disadvantage
Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm:
— This rule clearly disadvantages me.
synonyms: disfavor, disfavour.
Dutch: benadelen, duperen, laederen, pakken, schaden, vergrijpen
Moby thesaurus: abuse, ado, afflict, aggrieve, annoyance, anxiety, bar, befoul, besetment, bewitch, blight, blocking, bother, burden, burthen, can of worms, cargo, charge, condemn, corrupt, cross, crucify, cumbrance, curse, damage, deadweight, defect, defile, deprave, deprivation, despoil, destroy, detriment, difficulty, disability, disaccommodate, discommode, disoblige, disserve, disservice, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drawback, embarrassment, encumbrance, envenom, evil, fault, flaw, freight, get into trouble, great ado, hamper, handicap, harass, harm, headache, hex, hindrance, hurt, impair, impairment, impediment, impedimenta, impose upon, imposition, incommode, inconvenience, infect, injure, injury, jinx, liability, load, loss, loss of ground, lumber, maltreat, matter, menace, mischief, mistreat, molest, obstacle, obstruction, onus, outrage, pack, peck of troubles, penalty, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, problem, put out, put to inconvenience, put to trouble, savage, scathe, sea of troubles, shortcoming, step backward, taint, threaten, torment, torture, trouble, violate, weakness, weight, white elephant, worry, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong ... show more.
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