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misadvantage

misadvantage noun: disadvantage.

Noun

misadvantage (countable and uncountable, plural misadvantages)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Disadvantage.
    • By wch Shot ye sd Johnson was by misadvantage off the sd Norton wounded in several parts of his body of wch wounds he instantly died.quoted in 1970, James Robert Bent Hathaway, The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register (page 131)
    • Instead, after more beer to hasten my misadvantages, I shilly-shallied at the École Normale Supérieure on Rue d'Ulm, but was barred from getting in to Beckett's room […]2019, Andrew Gallix, We'll Never Have Paris

Forms of misadvantage

pluralmisadvantages

Questions about misadvantage

What does misadvantage mean?
Misadvantage means disadvantage.
What part of speech is misadvantage?
Misadvantage is a noun.
What is the plural of misadvantage?
The plural of misadvantage is misadvantages.

Words near misadvantage in the dictionary

  1. misadministration
  2. misadorn
  3. misadorned
  4. misadorning
  5. misadorns
  6. misadvantage
  7. misadvantages
  8. misadventur'd
  9. misadventure
  10. misadventured
  11. misadventurer

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