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disvantageous

/ˌdɪsvænˈteɪd͡ʒəs/

disvantageous adjective: disadvantageous.

Adjective

disvantageous (comparative more disvantageous, superlative most disvantageous)

  1. (obsolete) Disadvantageous.
    • […] That had not his light horse by disvantageous ground / Been hinder'd […]1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 22 (1810 reprint)https://books.google.com/books?id=_hID3KBWGpYC&pg=PA346
    • A People may consume more of their own or Forreign Goods, than the Value of the Product, Manufacture, and Profits by Trade; But their Trade is not disvantageous, it is their too great consumption[…]1705, John Law, Money and Trade Considered, published 1996

Forms of disvantageous

comparativemore disvantageous
superlativemost disvantageous

Origin of disvantageous

From dis- + vantage + -ous.

Questions about disvantageous

What does disvantageous mean?
Disvantageous means disadvantageous.
What part of speech is disvantageous?
Disvantageous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disvantageous?
Disvantageous is pronounced /ˌdɪsvænˈteɪd͡ʒəs/.

Words near disvantageous in the dictionary

  1. disvaluations
  2. disvalue
  3. disvalued
  4. disvalues
  5. disvaluing
  6. disvantageous
  7. disvelop
  8. disveloped
  9. disveloping
  10. disvelops
  11. disventure

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