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# disadvantage

noun (a disadvantage, disadvantages); verb (disadvantage, disadvantaged)

«disadvantage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A disadvantage is something that makes things harder or less good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m1)
2. To be at a disadvantage is to have less chance than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m2)
3. To disadvantage someone is to put them in a worse position. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m3)

### In the lessons

In writing (advantages and disadvantages), sport, fairness and society (disadvantaged children).

### Examples

- One disadvantage of a dog is the cost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x1)
- Being short is a disadvantage in basketball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x2)
- We were at a disadvantage without our goalie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x3)
- List the advantages and disadvantages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x4)
- Some families are disadvantaged by poverty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x5)
- Playing away from home can be a disadvantage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x6)
- I chatter and chatter, but it must come out, what's sticking in my throat, to the disadvantage of my own family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: advantage. Adjective: disadvantaged.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disadvantage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disadvantage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disadvantage.html) on Mova free.