Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disadvantageous"

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) 1.7 (wn)

disadvantageous
adj : constituting a disadvantage [syn: {harmful}] [ant: {advantageous}]


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