DISADVANTAGE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

disadvantage

noun

ˌdis-əd-ˈvan-tij

Definition of disadvantage

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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Relevance

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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 Many of them are single mothers due to structural disadvantages. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026 And, despite the disadvantage—or perhaps because of it—the tenacious midfielders kept up pressure on the other end whenever possible. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026 Democrats have a massive voter registration disadvantage compared to Republicans. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Schools with competitive advantages want to preserve those advantages, while the schools at a disadvantage want to rein in the big spenders. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disadvantage

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Noun

Jon Zaghloul, city of Aurora spokesperson, said a variety of parking options will be offered on Friday, with handicap accessible parking at the north end of the Aurora Transportation Center parking lot.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Accessibility and Sustainability Accessibility seemed to me a priority of the hotel, which has three ADA rooms and features accessible elevators, wheelchair-friendly halls and restaurant entries, and a handicap lift for the pool.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of handicap

Noun

The story goes that given the expense of the ground-breaking CGI used in the film, producers were looking to hire a relatively unknown (to summer blockbuster audiences, that is) actor for the role of Grant, with Neill winning the part.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
The district’s expenses are outpacing incoming revenue; there is no cash reserve cushion.

— Jennifer Custer, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of expense

Noun

The lithium-ion batteries that supply much of today’s clean energy come with some infamous drawbacks, from fire risk to reliance on foreign mining.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Terrestrial radio, despite attracting a substantially larger audience than streaming audio, has historically been limited in its appeal to marketers because of its outdated infrastructure, a drawback AudioGraph claims to address.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of drawback

Noun

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
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

Definition of despite

Noun

Attorneys for the building’s defendants have denied the allegations in court filings and any liability for the accident.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
If the industry can prove that agent payments are bounded by clear permissions, easy audit trails, reliable dispute resolution, and obvious liability frameworks, adoption could accelerate quickly.

— Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of liability

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