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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]savantager.]
To injure the interest of to be detrimental to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\ (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantage.]
1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial
quality, condition, circumstance, or the like that which
hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
I was brought here under the disadvantage of being
unknown by sight to any of you --Burke.
Abandoned by their great patron, the faction
henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey.
2. Loss detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame,
credit, profit, or other good.
They would throw a construction on his conduct, to
his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft.
Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss damage.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disadvantage
n : the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
[ant: {advantage}]
v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: {disfavor}, {disfavour}] [ant: {advantage}]
2: put at a disadvantage [syn: {handicap}, {hinder}, {hamper}]
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