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
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