disadvantageous

[ dis-ad-vuhn-tey-juhs, dis-ad- ]

adjective

1. characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.

disadvantageous

/ dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs; ˌdɪsæd- /

adjective

1. unfavourable; detrimental

Derived Forms

• disˌadvanˈtageously, adverb
• disˌadvanˈtageousness, noun

Other Words From

• dis·advan·tageous·ly adverb
• dis·advan·tageous·ness noun
• quasi-dis·advan·tageous adjective
• quasi-dis·advan·tageous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of disadvantageous¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- ¹ + advantageous

Example Sentences

Kyiv was forced to accept a deeply disadvantageous ten-year gas transit deal with Moscow, among other concessions.

From Time

So a plausible working hypothesis is that centenarians carry rare, beneficial genetic variations rather than a lack of disadvantageous ones.

From Singularity Hub 

That party is now intertwined with the extent to which America is willing to tamp down on a deadly virus is, to put it mildly, disadvantageous.

From Washington Post

They thought it would involve the president personally in a way that would be politically disadvantageous.

From Time

Kimura posited that most of the variation between organisms is neither advantageous nor disadvantageous.

From Quanta Magazine

As Justice Kennedy noted, “this creates a disadvantageous position for some employees.”

From The Daily Beast

The suit should not be so full of possible tenaces as to make it disadvantageous to open it.

From Project Gutenberg

Castalia lacked the Ancram gift of embellishing disadvantageous circumstances.

From Project Gutenberg

Constructional requirements determined as the only available position for this rudder a rather disadvantageous one.

From Project Gutenberg

Most of his English counsellors dissuaded him from accepting conditions so disadvantageous and dishonorable.

From Project Gutenberg

Egerton advised him that the demise was disadvantageous, but that it might be hard to terminate it without Browne's concurrence.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adverse
• derogatory
• disparaging
• hurtful
• injurious
• prejudicial
• unfavorable