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disadvantageously
adverb
uk /ˌdɪs.æd.vənˈteɪ.dʒəs.li/ us /ˌdɪs.æd.vænˈteɪ.dʒəs.li/
in a way that causes problems, especially causing something or someone to be less successful than other things or people:
Such changes can disadvantageously interfere with the data management.
Litigants should not be treated disadvantageously in deciding costs simply because they are wealthy.
She was afraid of making herself disadvantageously conspicuous.
The study emphasizes some of the ways in which the state disadvantageously differentiates women from men.
They find themselves placed in a disadvantageously unfair position to cope with the situation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Advantage and disadvantage
ace
an ace up your sleeveidiom
attraction
be well in thereidiom
be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
have something on your sideidiom
have the inside trackidiom
have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom
head start
hold all the cardsidiom
leg
lock
milk
profit from something
racing start
saving grace
scent bloodidiom
secret weapon
stick
the best of both worldsidiom
Related words
disadvantage disadvantageous
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