as in disadvantage
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the question whether allowing the big-box stores in would be a disbenefit to the community
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Many professionals and students have moved abroad in search of opportunities, putting Venezuela at a dire disadvantage with its disaster response.
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Every quarter a brand delays is a quarter of compounding disadvantage.
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The handicap is determined by a volunteer gathering data in the air and a committee that calculates the maximum airspeed of each craft.
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Essentially, my handicap is that Journalism can draft Knightsbridge around the course and outkick the rest of the field on the closing stretch.
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“Disbenefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbenefit. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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