disadvantageous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   constituting a disadvantage

   The new tax was disadvantageous to small traders.

2. 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.

Common collocations

• disadvantageous position Adjective + noun

From disadvantage + -ous.

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