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disadvantageous

 
Dictionary: dis·ad·van·ta·geous   (dĭs-ăd'vən-tā'jəs, dĭs'ăd-vən-) pronunciation
adj.
Detrimental; unfavorable.

disadvantageously dis·ad'van·ta'geous·ly adv.

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adjective

    Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult: adverse, negative, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See help/harm/harmless.

Antonyms: disadvantageous
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adj

Definition: detrimental, inconvenient
Antonyms: advantageous, convenient, helpful, well-timed


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: constituting a disadvantage
  Synonym: harmful
  Antonym: advantageous (meaning #1)


 
 
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