Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantageux.]
Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or
prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
advantageous; as, the situation of an army is
disadvantageous for attack or defense.
[1913 Webster]
Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had
been placed, he gave clear indications of future
excellence. --Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disadvantageous
adj : constituting a disadvantage [syn: harmful] [ant: advantageous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "disadvantageous":
baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
counterproductive, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depreciative,
depreciatory, detracting, detrimental, disparaging, disserviceable,
distressing, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic,
malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious,
ominous, pejorative, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, scatheful,
slighting, toxic, unadvantageous, uncomplimentary, unfavorable,
unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate, veneniferous,
venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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