as in disadvantages
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
baffled as to why working-class voters would vote in despite of their own economic interests
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disadvantages
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Imposing port fees on Chinese ships will not change these structural disadvantages.—
Dan Ikenson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
The Native Hawaiian community struggles with higher rates of poverty and incarceration, so Hawaiian children may have educational disadvantages.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Despites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despites. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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