Antonyms for advantageous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ad-vuh n-tey-juh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs

Definition of advantageous

Origin : 1590s, formed in English from advantage, or else from French avantageux (15c.), from avantage (see advantage). Related: Advantageously; advantageousness.

adj favorable

Example sentences :

It will readily be seen how advantageous these proprietary rights must have been to the wife.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

How advantageous this business will eventually prove to me, I cannot say.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

When it has lain in pickle a few days, it would be advantageous to boil and skim the brine, and pour it on again when cold.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

How then can wisdom be advantageous, when giving no advantage?
Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato

The Americans had the most advantageous position, but were at times overwhelmed by numbers.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

But its situation is most charming from its beauty, and most advantageous for trade.
Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton

Their confidence is cheering to me, and will, I trust, be advantageous to themselves.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

Feeding of calves by hand is also, in various respects, advantageous.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

On the contrary, all such efforts would be advantageous to the state.
Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo

They were on a facet of the hill not quite so advantageous as others.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for advantageous

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