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disadvantaging

disadvantaging is the present participle and gerund of disadvantage.

Meaning of disadvantage

Verb

disadvantage (third-person singular simple present disadvantages, present participle disadvantaging, simple past and past participle disadvantaged)

  1. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.
    • They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.
    Synonyms:
    tell against

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Questions about disadvantaging

What is disadvantaging the present participle and gerund of?
Disadvantaging is the present participle and gerund of disadvantage.

Words near disadvantaging in the dictionary

  1. disadvantageous
  2. disadvantageously
  3. disadvantageousness
  4. disadvantages
  5. disadvantageth
  6. disadvantaging
  7. disadvauntage
  8. disadvauntages
  9. disadventure
  10. disadventures
  11. disadventurous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disadvantaging (page history and authors); disadvantage (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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