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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly}, adv -- {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disadvantageously adv : in a disadvantageous way to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: {badly}] [ant: {well}, {well}]
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