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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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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
What a competitive disadvantage for the Spartans.
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
There was a time as recently as ten years ago when the Democrats were at a significant disadvantage in the House of Representatives, when the Democrats could conceivably win the popular vote by five or six or seven or maybe even more percentage points and fail to win the chamber.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Zuckerberg told Fortune his defunct account put his law practice at a competitive disadvantage.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Both China and the United States have advantages and disadvantages in this strategic competition.
—Sadek Wahba, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
There was a time as recently as ten years ago when the Democrats were at a significant disadvantage in the House of Representatives, when the Democrats could conceivably win the popular vote by five or six or seven or maybe even more percentage points and fail to win the chamber.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Zuckerberg told Fortune his defunct account put his law practice at a competitive disadvantage.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Both China and the United States have advantages and disadvantages in this strategic competition.
—Sadek Wahba, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disadvantage
Noun
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The cars' real handicaps were a lack of liquid cooling for the battery packs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The parking area is handicap accessible, as well as the free tram service from the lot to the festival grounds.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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Snowflake, one of the most popular cloud data warehouse platforms, often ranks as a company’s second-largest IT expense after its primary cloud provider.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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He is sponsored by spirits and supplement companies who help pay his travel expenses, but still works in construction during the off-season.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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But, these benefits come with some drawbacks too, such as its relatively lower energy density.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The controller works fine, but has its drawbacks when players want to pick certain aspects of a crowded screen.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
12 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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Despite the fact that the age of female winners has been steadily increasing in the last despite, the average female Oscar winner is 39 years old, according to a Sky News 2023 report—almost a decade younger than the average male winner at 47.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2023
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Treatment of the advance on the borrower’s books as a liability.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In July, a Santa Clara County jury ruled that Herchen had civil liability for the November 29, 2019 death of 36-year-old Alice Ku, who was last seen alive while the two were vacationing in the area of Hualien, Taiwan.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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The biggest losses were reported in the District of Columbia ($34,400), Florida ($32,100), and Montana ($26,900).—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Disadvantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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