disadvantageous

English

Etymology

disadvantage +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/

Adjective

disadvantageous (comparative more disadvantageous, superlative most disadvantageous)

1. Not advantageous.
   • 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271:

     Another disadvantageous feature of the Perth yard, again dictated by the considerations of the site, is that the six double-ended reception roads are alongside the sorting sidings and not laid end-to-end with them.

Derived terms

• disadvantageously

Translations

not advantageous

• Belarusian: нявыгадны (njavyhadny), невыгодны (njevyhódny)
• Bulgarian: неизгоден (bg) (neizgoden), неблагоприятен (bg) (neblagoprijaten)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: [script needed] (put-lī)

• Czech: nevýhodný m
• Esperanto: malavantaĝa
• French: désavantageux (fr)
• Hungarian: előnytelen (hu)
• Irish: míbhuntáisteach
• Italian: svantaggioso (it)
• Romanian: dezavantajos (ro) m
• Russian: невы́годный (ru) (nevýgodnyj)
• Spanish: desaventajado, desventajoso
• Swedish: ofördelaktig (sv), ogynnsam (sv)
• Turkish: dezavantajlı
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can