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dis·ad·van·ta·geous

(dĭs-ăd′vən-tā′jəs, dĭs′ăd-vən-)

adj.

Detrimental; unfavorable.

dis·ad′van·ta′geous·ly adv.

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disadvantageous

(dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs; ˌdɪsæd-)

adj

unfavourable; detrimental

disˌadvanˈtageously adv

disˌadvanˈtageousness n

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dis•ad•van•ta•geous

(dɪsˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs, ˌdɪs æd-)

adj.

unfavorable; detrimental.

[1595–1605]

dis•ad`van•ta′geous•ly, adv.

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Adj.

disadvantageous - constituting a disadvantage

inexpedient - not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"

harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"

advantageous - giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"

disadvantageous

adjective unfavourable, damaging, harmful, adverse, detrimental, inconvenient, hurtful, prejudicial, deleterious, injurious, ill-timed, inopportune, inexpedient This policy has proved extremely disadvantageous for us.

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disadvantageous

adjective

Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult:

adverse, negative, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward.

Translations

مُضِر، مُسيء

nevýhodný

ufordelagtigugunstiguheldig

nachteilig

désavantageux

hátrányos

óhagstæîur

svantaggioso

uheldig

nevýhodný

dezavantajlısakıncalı

不利的

disadvantageous

[ˌdɪsædvɑːnˈteɪdʒəs] ADJ (= unfavourable) [circumstances] → desventajoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disadvantageous

[ˌdɪsædvənˈteɪdʒəs] adj → désavantageux/euse
to be disadvantageous to sb → être défavorable à qn

disadvantageous

adj, disadvantageously

adv → nachteilig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disadvantageous

[ˌdɪsædvɑːnˈteɪdʒəs] adj → svantaggioso/a, sfavorevole

disadvantage

(disədˈvaːntidʒ) noun

something which makes a difficulty or which is an unfavourable circumstance. There are several disadvantages to this plan.

disadvantageous (disӕdvənˈteidʒəs) adjective

at a disadvantage

in an unfavourable position. His power was strengthened by the fact that he had us all at a disadvantage.

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One is hard-headed, saying that segregation distortion should not count as an exception to the selection aetiological account of functions, and that disrupting meiosis should be regarded as the function of SDs within containing systems, despite its disadvantageousness for them.