DISADVANTAGE
\dˌɪsɐdvˈantɪd͡ʒ], \dˌɪsɐdvˈantɪdʒ], \d_ˌɪ_s_ɐ_d_v_ˈa_n_t_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of DISADVANTAGE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
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Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
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To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
By Oddity Software
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Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
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Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
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To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To injure; prejudice; hinder.
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That which hinders; a drawback; injury.
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A state of inferiority; preceded by at; as, the army was at a disadvantage.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] Deprivation of advantage;—that which operates against or hinders success;—unfavourable situation or position, as of troops;—unfavourable state or condition, as of business, money, market, &c.;—any thing prejudicial to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good;—detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.
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