1
as in handicap
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
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2
as in expense
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
intense pretrial publicity worked to our disadvantage
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Recent Examples of disadvantage
With a massive voter registration disadvantage in the state, Democrats need independent and Republican voters to support their candidates for any chance of winning statewide.
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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet access is uneven, and many countries outside these major power centers face structural disadvantages.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Ukraine’s most pressing disadvantage, however, is its limited manpower.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The individual cannot understand the advantages and disadvantages of treatment after it is explained to them.
—Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet access is uneven, and many countries outside these major power centers face structural disadvantages.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Ukraine’s most pressing disadvantage, however, is its limited manpower.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The individual cannot understand the advantages and disadvantages of treatment after it is explained to them.
—Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantage
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Moscow relies heavily on oil revenue to finance its war on Ukraine, and sanctions were a growing handicap.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Moscow relies heavily on oil revenue to finance its invasion and sanctions were a growing handicap.—
SYLVIE CORBET,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Documents reviewed by the Miami Herald show that only a portion of the funds handled through TourProdEnter can be clearly tied to legitimate AFA expenses.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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An online fundraiser has also been launched by Brown's family and friends to help cover rebuilding expenses.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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There are drawbacks, industry group says The gasoline tax is the single largest source of revenue for federal highway and public transit programs.—
Matthew Daly,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Carr acknowledged the rising cost and sometimes inconvenient nature of sports streaming are frustrating fans, arguing the drawbacks ultimately outweigh the benefits.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Political observers think Talarico could surge to the fore in the primary despite, or perhaps because of, his outsider status.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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Using that unscientific tool to gauge his Texas Rangers, the club after the first month of the season remains unchanged despites many changes: Average, and a stunning disappointment.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Aug. 2025
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The loss, in the first of thousands of product-liability lawsuits against Meta, Google and other social networks, is the kind of black eye that often leads to an increase in government regulations.—
Kurt Wagner,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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The separate library fund, with revenues exceeding expenditures by $933,800, transferred $700,000 for future maintenance and capital improvements and contributed $116,900 each for meeting unfunded pension and post-employment benefits liabilities.—
Jim Drummond,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s high praise from one who has coached four Hall of Famers and several more who are destined to be so, but this team broke an eight-year championship drought last season and, despite the loss of superstar Paige Bueckers, didn’t skip a beat this year.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the four losses to egregious tankers were inexcusable.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Disadvantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantage. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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