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plural of disadvantage
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1
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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- advantages,
- assets,
- edges,
- pluses
- (also plusses)
2
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
- intense pretrial publicity worked to our disadvantage
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“Disadvantages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantages. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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