Disadvantage
noun
A situation or condition that puts one in an unfavorable position or makes it difficult to succeed.
Living in a rural area can be a disadvantage when seeking employment opportunities in the city.
Often appears as...
- at a disadvantage
- to one's disadvantage
verb
To put someone in an unfavorable position or circumstance, especially to cause harm or difficulty.
Small businesses may be disadvantaged by the new taxation regulations.
Often appears as...
- disadvantaged by regulations
- economically disadvantaged
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Disapproving
noun
A handicap or flaw that reduces one's efficiency or effectiveness.
Her lack of experience was a major disadvantage in the job competition.
Often appears as...
- major disadvantage
- slight disadvantage
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Academic
noun
In sports, a condition or circumstance that makes it harder for a team or individual to succeed.
Playing in their home stadium puts the away team at a disadvantage.
Often appears as...
- at a disadvantage
- significant disadvantage
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Colloquial
noun
A situation or condition that puts one in an unfavorable position or makes it difficult to succeed.
Living in a rural area can be a disadvantage when seeking employment opportunities in the city.
Often appears as...
- at a disadvantage
- to one's disadvantage
verb
To put someone in an unfavorable position or circumstance, especially to cause harm or difficulty.
Small businesses may be disadvantaged by the new taxation regulations.
Often appears as...
- disadvantaged by regulations
- economically disadvantaged
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A handicap or flaw that reduces one's efficiency or effectiveness.
Her lack of experience was a major disadvantage in the job competition.
Often appears as...
- major disadvantage
- slight disadvantage
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In sports, a condition or circumstance that makes it harder for a team or individual to succeed.
Playing in their home stadium puts the away team at a disadvantage.
Often appears as...
- at a disadvantage
- significant disadvantage
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys a slight negative feeling, suggesting a barrier to success.
His outdated skills are a disadvantage in this tech-driven job market.
Pro Tip 2/3Compare Situations
Use 'disadvantage' to compare two situations, showing how one is less favorable.
Commuting by car is a disadvantage compared to using the subway during rush hour.
Pro Tip 3/3Overcome Challenges
Often used to imply a challenge that can be overcome with effort.
Her lack of funding is a disadvantage, but she's resourceful.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys a slight negative feeling, suggesting a barrier to success.
His outdated skills are a disadvantage in this tech-driven job market.
Pro Tip 2/3Compare Situations
Use 'disadvantage' to compare two situations, showing how one is less favorable.
Commuting by car is a disadvantage compared to using the subway during rush hour.
Pro Tip 3/3Overcome Challenges
Often used to imply a challenge that can be overcome with effort.
Her lack of funding is a disadvantage, but she's resourceful.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys a slight negative feeling, suggesting a barrier to success.
His outdated skills are a disadvantage in this tech-driven job market.
Pro Tip 2/3Compare Situations
Use 'disadvantage' to compare two situations, showing how one is less favorable.
Commuting by car is a disadvantage compared to using the subway during rush hour.
Pro Tip 3/3Overcome Challenges
Often used to imply a challenge that can be overcome with effort.
Her lack of funding is a disadvantage, but she's resourceful.
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What is imposter...
though it may be more prevalent and disproportionately affect the experiences of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is. It's not a disease or an abnormality, and it isn’t necessarily tied to depression, anxiety, or self-esteem.
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The Japanese folktale of...
He began to see the beauty of the spirit world everywhere he went, even in the city he'd previously shunned. Others cautioned that he risked kegare— but he never told them why he so freely mingled with the sick and disadvantaged. For he knew that people could only truly understand harae
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Lessons from death row...
when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens, agree that that's what we ought to be doing and that's how we ought to be spending our money. We could be providing early childhood care for economically disadvantaged and otherwise troubled kids,
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Sequencing genomes to...
be over such no calf muscles would never exist in nature because of the big evolutionary disadvantage is characteristic on first to the species but it can happen if we design a genetic therapy for it in a lab I've seen one approach has been used to find
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Why are there so many...
protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,
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Understanding the rise...
The great disadvantage of it is that the Han have a very weak conception of cultural difference. They really believe in their own superiority, and they are disrespectful of those who are not. Hence their attitude, for example,
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The Missing Years of...
where the cause of the poor and the lowly and the disadvantaged would be championed over those who oppressed them by studying stories agreed upon to be true a clearer albeit hypothesized portrait of Christ's life can emerge
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Myths and misconceptions...
would be at a disadvantage. Secondly, survival is not how evolution occurs, reproduction is. And the world if full of creatures like the male anglerfish, which is so small and ill-suited for survival at birth
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How to master your sense...
giving us an anatomical disadvantage. So bring your nose close to the world around you. The ground, surfaces, objects, the food in your hand. Get close to your dog, your partner, the book you're reading.
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How Do Dogs Make...
breeds must feel at a distinct disadvantage but that's Boston Terriers up for the challenge no matter how great he knows the rules exchange doggie bows and he won't get hurt
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What is imposter...
though it may be more prevalent and disproportionately affect the experiences of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is. It's not a disease or an abnormality, and it isn’t necessarily tied to depression, anxiety, or self-esteem.
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
He began to see the beauty of the spirit world everywhere he went, even in the city he'd previously shunned. Others cautioned that he risked kegare— but he never told them why he so freely mingled with the sick and disadvantaged. For he knew that people could only truly understand harae
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Lessons from death row...
when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens, agree that that's what we ought to be doing and that's how we ought to be spending our money. We could be providing early childhood care for economically disadvantaged and otherwise troubled kids,
Video examples
Sequencing genomes to...
be over such no calf muscles would never exist in nature because of the big evolutionary disadvantage is characteristic on first to the species but it can happen if we design a genetic therapy for it in a lab I've seen one approach has been used to find
Video examples
Why are there so many...
protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,
Video examples
Understanding the rise...
The great disadvantage of it is that the Han have a very weak conception of cultural difference. They really believe in their own superiority, and they are disrespectful of those who are not. Hence their attitude, for example,
Video examples
The Missing Years of...
where the cause of the poor and the lowly and the disadvantaged would be championed over those who oppressed them by studying stories agreed upon to be true a clearer albeit hypothesized portrait of Christ's life can emerge
Video examples
Myths and misconceptions...
would be at a disadvantage. Secondly, survival is not how evolution occurs, reproduction is. And the world if full of creatures like the male anglerfish, which is so small and ill-suited for survival at birth
Video examples
How to master your sense...
giving us an anatomical disadvantage. So bring your nose close to the world around you. The ground, surfaces, objects, the food in your hand. Get close to your dog, your partner, the book you're reading.
Video examples
How Do Dogs Make...
breeds must feel at a distinct disadvantage but that's Boston Terriers up for the challenge no matter how great he knows the rules exchange doggie bows and he won't get hurt
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.
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George Osborne
British Politician
Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
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Gerry Harvey
Australian Businessman
Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.
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Hannah Teter
American Athlete
The concept of bettering yourself at the disadvantage of others is out the door, and the new one is to help one another while helping yourself.
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Georgina Bloomberg
American Celebrity
Having the name 'Bloomberg' doesn't help me in any way... and it really is a disadvantage and takes away from the image I'm trying to portray.
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Frank Shamrock
American Mixed Martial Artist
I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged communities.
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Emre Can
German Athlete
I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.
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George Osborne
British Politician
Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
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Gerry Harvey
Australian Businessman
Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.
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Hannah Teter
American Athlete
The concept of bettering yourself at the disadvantage of others is out the door, and the new one is to help one another while helping yourself.
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Georgina Bloomberg
American Celebrity
Having the name 'Bloomberg' doesn't help me in any way... and it really is a disadvantage and takes away from the image I'm trying to portray.
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Frank Shamrock
American Mixed Martial Artist
I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged communities.
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Emre Can
German Athlete
I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.
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