adj
Freq #81449
Meanings
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1
adj
constituting a disadvantage
The new tax was disadvantageous to small traders.
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2
adj
Not advantageous.
Another disadvantageous feature of the Perth yard, again dictated by the considerations of the site, is that the six double-ended reception roads are alongside the sorting sidings and not laid end-to-end with them.
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Etymology
From disadvantage + -ous.