Disadvantageous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "disadvantageous":
     baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
     counterproductive, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depreciative,
     depreciatory, detracting, detrimental, disparaging, disserviceable,
     distressing, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic,
     malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious,
     ominous, pejorative, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, scatheful,
     slighting, toxic, unadvantageous, uncomplimentary, unfavorable,
     unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate, veneniferous,
     venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless