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Disadvantage is an English word with synonyms like advantage or liability. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Disadvantage in a sentence

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Disadvantage | Disadvantaged | Disadvantages | Disadvantageous

Disadvantage meaning

  1. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
  2. A setback or handicap.
  3. Loss; detriment; hindrance.

Synonyms of Disadvantage

advantage liability disfavor disfavour discriminate separate single out

Related words

Other words often associated with Disadvantage or its synonyms:

tendency disapproval differentiate disposition distinguish tell dislike asset inclination rejection vantage prefer

Using Disadvantage

  • The main meaning on this page is: A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback. | A setback or handicap. | Loss; detriment; hindrance.
  • Useful related words include: advantage, liability, disfavor, disfavour.
  • In the example corpus, disadvantage often appears in combinations such as: at disadvantage, competitive disadvantage, disadvantage in.

Context around Disadvantage

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

indigenous 2× competitive 2× perceived 1× significant 1× serious 1× financial 1× potential 1×

Often after:

indigenous 1× reveals 1× unions 1×

Sentence patterns with Disadvantage

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a competitive disadvantage 1× a disadvantage of the 1× a financial disadvantage at a 1× a serious disadvantage and left 1× advantage or disadvantage that i 1× at a disadvantage because they 1× at a disadvantage by lumping 1× at a disadvantage is maelstrom 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a disadvantage of 1× a new survey 1× a paid family 1× an emotional prime 1× another smackdown for 1× another way the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a competitive disadvantage 1× across the world 1× an advantage overall 1× can obscure vision 1× deeply dysfunctional system 1× disadvantage at qb 1×

Words around Disadvantage

Just before it in the word index:

disaccharides 11 disaccharide 3 disabusing 2 disabused 3 disabuse 7 disabling 113

Just after it in the word index:

disadvantaged 381 disadvantageous 27 disadvantages 309 disadvantaging 4 disaffected 83 disaffection 37

Similar in corpus frequency:

laden 673 laughed 673 mound 673 shining 673 ahmad 672 crane 672

Corpus analysis for Disadvantage

  • In this selection, "disadvantage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, indigenous, competitive, perceived, indigenous, reveals and unions stand out and add context to how "disadvantage" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a competitive disadvantage and a disadvantage of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "disadvantage" sits close to words such as laden, laughed and mound, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with disadvantage

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

As we all know, this is the most significant disadvantage of wind and solar. (14 words)

All-in-all, Biatatá's design isn't much of an advantage or a disadvantage. (15 words)

An emotional Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the body was needed to overcome Indigenous disadvantage. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

And that’s why I was curious if it was, if you felt it was an advantage or disadvantage that I went into it blind because I was able to take in Snow as the verse that you wanted to tell him versus having preconceived notions. (46 words)

And we are now very happy to report that our pricing strategy and market access strategy has achieved really high-quality coverage, and we are definitely plan by plan, PBM by PBM at no disadvantage and in some cases, are at an advantage overall. (44 words)

But there are other countries that do bargaining very differently than we do, so can you talk a bit about the way the economy has changed in ways that disadvantage unions and advantage exploitation or make exploitation easier? (38 words)

Question examples

But there are other countries that do bargaining very differently than we do, so can you talk a bit about the way the economy has changed in ways that disadvantage unions and advantage exploitation or make exploitation easier? (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

In five of those six, the home underdog had a disadvantage or perceived disadvantage at QB.

A disadvantage of the biplane was the need for extra struts to space the wings apart, although the bracing required by early monoplanes reduced this disadvantage.

According to the yes campaign, the ad is intended to point viewers to the statistics that show the extent of the disadvantage Indigenous communities face.

All-in-all, Biatatá's design isn't much of an advantage or a disadvantage.

And that’s why I was curious if it was, if you felt it was an advantage or disadvantage that I went into it blind because I was able to take in Snow as the verse that you wanted to tell him versus having preconceived notions.

And we are now very happy to report that our pricing strategy and market access strategy has achieved really high-quality coverage, and we are definitely plan by plan, PBM by PBM at no disadvantage and in some cases, are at an advantage overall.

An emotional Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the body was needed to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.

A new survey shows that Canadian companies are not adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technology as quickly as U.S. counterparts — and it may be putting them at a competitive disadvantage.

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Another smackdown for Racist Floridian Republicans in their attempt to redistrict to the disadvantage of the disadvantaged.

Another way the enemy tries to put players at a disadvantage is Maelstrom, which calls forth a tornado that can obscure vision.

A paid family and medical leave program would remove this competitive disadvantage as we vie with other states for employees.

As we all know, this is the most significant disadvantage of wind and solar.

At tribal council, Yam Yam says his tribe is at a disadvantage because they were only three coming into the merge.

Banner and his men set the Duttons at a serious disadvantage and left them scrambling to recover, with Jacob fighting through a slow and painful recovery and Spencer () trying to blitz home from halfway across the world.

But the 1999 referendum was over a status quo that was not fundamentally broken, while nobody denies that Indigenous disadvantage reveals a deeply dysfunctional system.

But there are other countries that do bargaining very differently than we do, so can you talk a bit about the way the economy has changed in ways that disadvantage unions and advantage exploitation or make exploitation easier?

But they expressed concerns that the bill’s original language would put their market niche at a disadvantage by lumping them too closely with newly legalized cannabis businesses.

But they’ll also test whether the Big Three have put themselves at a financial disadvantage at a crucial time for their industry.

Cora is justified in his schedule grievances and the potential disadvantage at which it has placed his team.

Defence companies – or their developments – have been snapped up by foreign buyers, much to our disadvantage.

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Common combinations with disadvantage

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "disadvantage" in a sentence?
An example: "In five of those six, the home underdog had a disadvantage or perceived disadvantage at QB." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "disadvantage" from authentic English texts.
What does "disadvantage" mean?
Disadvantage means: A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
What are synonyms of "disadvantage"?
Common synonyms of "disadvantage" include: advantage, liability, disfavor, disfavour, discriminate, separate, single out.
How many example sentences with "disadvantage" are there?
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