Disadvantageousness

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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.
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