Synonyms for disadvantage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ədˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn-

Définition of disadvantage

Origin : late 14c., disavauntage, from Old French desavantage (13c.), from des- (see dis-) + avantage (see advantage).

noun hurt, loss

Example sentences :

Under its influence Hope sometimes appeared at disadvantage.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

And yet, upon the whole, it is not greatly to his disadvantage.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Do you know of any thin above that can be found to your disadvantage?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

"You shall not be at any disadvantage," he said, and began to strip with all possible speed.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

I know you are impatient to hear what were the reports to your disadvantage, and from whom I had them.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

If this be true, as a painter he must have been at a disadvantage.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

But the inclusion of so wide a field has had a disadvantage.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

You are a smooth man of the world, sir, and at such play have me at a disadvantage.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Use him well, and he's a hearty fellow, and scorns to have you at a disadvantage.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Antonyms for disadvantage

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