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disadvantageous

UK/dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/

disadvantageous adjective: not advantageous.

Adjective

disadvantageous (comparative more disadvantageous, superlative most disadvantageous)

  1. Not advantageous.
    • Another disadvantageous feature of the Perth yard, again dictated by the considerations of the site, is that the six double-ended reception roads are alongside the sorting sidings and not laid end-to-end with them.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271
    Synonyms:
    expensive

disadvantageous meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi

disadvantageous in Bengali

সুবিধাজনক নয়

disadvantageous in Malayalam

adverse, unfavourable, unfortunate
പ്രതികൂലം, അഹിതകരം, അനുകൂലമല്ലാത്ത, പ്രതികൂലമായി ബാധിക്കുന്ന, അനനുകൂലമായ, വിരുദ്ധമായ

disadvantageous in Punjabi

disadvantageous
ਕਸਰਵੰਦ kasravand

Synonyms of disadvantageous

Forms of disadvantageous

comparativemore disadvantageous
superlativemost disadvantageous

Origin of disadvantageous

From disadvantage + -ous.

Words formed from disadvantageous

Questions about disadvantageous

What does disadvantageous mean?
Disadvantageous means not advantageous.
What is disadvantageous in Bengali?
Disadvantageous in Bengali is সুবিধাজনক নয়. See Disadvantageous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is disadvantageous?
Disadvantageous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disadvantageous?
Disadvantageous is pronounced /dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/ (UK).

Words near disadvantageous in the dictionary

  1. disadvancing
  2. disadvantage
  3. disadvantageable
  4. disadvantaged
  5. disadvantagedness
  6. disadvantageous
  7. disadvantageously
  8. disadvantageousness
  9. disadvantages
  10. disadvantageth
  11. disadvantaging

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disadvantageous (page history and authors); disadvantageous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disadvantageous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਕਸਰਵੰਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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