disadvantage

[ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ]

Definition:
1. Something that causes problems and tends to stop somebody or something from succeeding or making progress.
2. The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
3. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.

Use 'disadvantage' in a sentence:

1. It will be to our mutual disadvantage.
2. England's players would be left at a disadvantage against those of the rest of the world.
3. The disadvantage at the moment is the price.
4. The disadvantage is that such equipment will be extremely expensive.
5. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don't pay for them.
6. Her ignorance of the area put her at a decided disadvantage.
7. Although an enormous pool of investment capital exists in the United States, the country's capital investment practices put United States companies at a competitive disadvantage.
8. In the public sector, researchers have found either no sex differences in mobility or a larger female disadvantage in lower grades.
9. As a result, it's not surprising that even the best educated young women enter the workplace with a slight disadvantage.
10. The disadvantage is that such a machine is very expensive.
11. The report exposes the disadvantages of the present transportation system.
12. What's the main disadvantage?
13. The two plans have their advantages and disadvantages.
14. Our apartment is small, and has the added disadvantage of facing west.
15. He may be able to nullify that disadvantage by offering a wider variety of produce.
16. I felt at a disadvantage.
17. The advantages of this deal largely outweigh the disadvantages.
18. A snap election would be to their disadvantage.
19. The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds neurosis and a feeling of isolation—constant noise batters the senses.
20. "If you are going into the corporate world it is still a disadvantage not to have one," said Donald Morrison, professor of marketing and management science.
21. The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money.
22. She says the results still suggest women in geoscience are at a potential disadvantage from the very beginning of their careers starting with those less than outstanding letters of recommendation.
23. The disadvantage is that it is not universally available.
24. We're labouring under an unfair disadvantage.
25. This proposition, which we term the increasing-disadvantage model, is a core element of the popular glass ceiling metaphor.
26. His two main rivals suffer the disadvantage of having been long-term political exiles.
27. Depression is the third thing that works to my patients' disadvantage.
28. They are privileging a tiny number to the disadvantage of the rest.
29. Being 6ft 3in tall has some distinct disadvantages!
30. The children from poor families were at a distinct disadvantage.
31. The fact that he didn't speak a foreign language put him at a distinct disadvantage.
32. As the color of red and white lasers deepens, so does laser energy consumption rise, which becomes a disadvantage.
33. I was at a disadvantage compared to the younger members of the team.
34. What's the main disadvantage ?
35. Each of these systems has its advantages and disadvantages.
36. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
37. The kernel of that message was that peace must not be a source of advantage or disadvantage for anyone.
38. The advantages and disadvantages would appear to cancel each other out.
39. There are disadvantages to the plan.
40. I hope my lack of experience won't be to my disadvantage.
41. My lack of practical experience was a disadvantage.
42. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
43. These successes paradoxically obscure the tremendous human costs of historically accumulated disadvantage that remain central to black Americans' lives.
44. They got involved in a long and exhausting struggle and were at a decided disadvantage in the afternoon.
45. The advantages of the scheme far outweighed the disadvantages.
46. The Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime.
47. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
48. Many children in the class suffered severe social and economic disadvantage.
49. One major disadvantage of the area is the lack of public transport.
50. Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town.