disadvantages

Noun

disadvantage (plural disadvantages)

1. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
   • The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.

   Synonyms:

   afterdeal, con, drawback, malefit, downside, debit

2. A setback or handicap.
   • My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.

   Synonyms:

   afterdeal, weakness

3. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
   • They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC

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