"disadvantageous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/ [UK] Forms: more disadvantageous [comparative], most disadvantageous [superlative]
Etymology: disadvantage + -ous Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|disadvantage|ous}} disadvantage + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} disadvantageous (comparative more disadvantageous, superlative most disadvantageous)
  1. Not advantageous. Derived forms: disadvantageously Translations (not advantageous): нявыгадны (njavyhadny) (Belarusian), невыгодны (njevyhódny) (Belarusian), неизгоден (neizgoden) (Bulgarian), неблагоприятен (neblagoprijaten) (Bulgarian), nevýhodný [masculine] (Czech), malavantaĝa (Esperanto), désavantageux (French), előnytelen (Hungarian), míbhuntáisteach (Irish), svantaggioso (Italian), dezavantajos [masculine] (Romanian), невы́годный (nevýgodnyj) (Russian), desaventajado (Spanish), desventajoso (Spanish), ofördelaktig (Swedish), ogynnsam (Swedish), dezavantajlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disadvantageous-en-adj-umIqbRGZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous

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