as in unfavorable
opposed to one's interests
such an arrangement with the wholesalers would be disadvantageous for small farmers
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Recent Examples of disadvantageous
Not that Victor views being a misfit as entirely disadvantageous.
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Jen Wang, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Towns as the full time rim protector has never been good, and New York seriously needs to consider running with Robinson in the starting lineup, in order to keep Towns out of these disadvantageous situations.
—Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
But the terms under discussion then, when Ukraine was still reeling from Russia's initial invasion, would be deeply disadvantageous to Kyiv.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
The importance of cold in plant physiology is still shrouded in mystery, but the hypothesis is that cold dormancy prevents early onset of growth or development that would be disadvantageous to the plants involved.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jen Wang, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Towns as the full time rim protector has never been good, and New York seriously needs to consider running with Robinson in the starting lineup, in order to keep Towns out of these disadvantageous situations.
—Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
But the terms under discussion then, when Ukraine was still reeling from Russia's initial invasion, would be deeply disadvantageous to Kyiv.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
The importance of cold in plant physiology is still shrouded in mystery, but the hypothesis is that cold dormancy prevents early onset of growth or development that would be disadvantageous to the plants involved.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantageous
Adjective
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Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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When unfavorable ratios of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol were considered, those with the least favorable ratios had a 54% higher risk of high blood pressure.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Drinking it less often, enjoying it with meals or rinsing your mouth out with water after drinking may lessen such adverse effects.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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And no serious adverse events were reported.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And minimizing the ability for rival studios to make viable alternative games, critics argue, has had a negative effect on the quality of sports titles across the sector.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Kirk’s admirers are campaigning to get people who make negative comments about those views—which are, after all, highly controversial and designedly so—fired from their jobs.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Students from the kingdom are increasingly turning away from US universities in particular, put off by a mix of hostile immigration policies, concerns over gun violence, and the kingdom’s own push to grow its domestic education sector.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The move to social media and algorithmic media was really a move toward a style of political communication that is somewhat hostile to the liberal project and the deliberative, open-minded, thoughtful, on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand mode of discourse that Obama is good at.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Overwatering mums is just as detrimental as underwatering.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Trump warned that major changes could occur — which could be detrimental to Democrats — if the government runs out of funding.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Disadvantageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantageous. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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