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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dis-ad-vuh n-tey-juh s, dis-ad- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs, ˌdɪs æd- |
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Définition of disadvantageous
Origin :- c.1600; see disadvantage (n.) + -ous. Related: Disadvantageously.
- adj detrimental, inconvenient
- These natural obstacles, meanwhile, were not disadvantageous to the rebels.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- Now he had the injured sense of a man entrapped into a disadvantageous bargain.
- Extract from : « The Touchstone » by Edith Wharton
- Yet I do not view them in so disadvantageous a light at present, as some do.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
- Our borrowings will always be difficult and disadvantageous.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
- But the treaty with Sparta, if disadvantageous, was not dishonourable.
- Extract from : « Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- By two comparisons so disadvantageous the passion must be entirely destroyed.
- Extract from : « A Treatise of Human Nature » by David Hume
- Originality is disadvantageous to a composer at first in two ways.
- Extract from : « Musical Criticisms » by Arthur Johnstone
- The Plaza is paved with cobbles, which are disadvantageous for dancing.
- Extract from : « Northern Spain » by Edgar T. A. Wigram
- The trial was disadvantageous for the hand-mules, being two for 360 spindles.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- This pressure is not disadvantageous, but is of use in two respects; 1.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
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