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disadvantagen. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, advantage n. Etymology: < dis- prefix + advantage n., after Anglo-Norman desavauntage, disavauntage, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desavantage, Middle French desadvantaige (late 13th cent. in Old French; French désavantage ). Compare disvantage n.Compare Catalan desavantatge (15th cent.). the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > disadvantage > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 161 Children leueþ Frensche and construeþ and lerneþ an Englische, and haueþ þerby auauntage in oon side and disauauntage in anoþer. a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif (1871) III. 351 (MED) Whoso synneþ for avantage of himsilf, his synne makiþ disavauntage of þat þat he weneþ turne to good. 1489–90 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1489 §51. m. 15 Your seid liegemen..susteyn and bere grete losses, hinderaunce and disavauntage. a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 694 in F. J. Furnivall (1903) 105 (MED) Pyte of ryght ought to be resonable, And to no wyght of gret disauauntage. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides vi. iii. f. clii Thappoynctemente whiche they haue made wyth vs, hathe bene concluded for feare and to their disaduantage. 1618 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner (1871) 68 They speake there all they can to the disadvantage of our nation. 1646 Sir T. Browne 369 The Nightingale hath some disadvantage in the tongue; which is not acuminate and pointed as in the rest, but seemeth as it were cut off. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton vi. 431 Some disadvantage we endur'd and paine, Till now not known. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele No. 136. ⁋3 I..never speak Things to any Man's Disadvantage. 1755 S. Johnson (at cited word) He sold to disadvantage. 1801 M. Edgeworth I. 231 Telling little anecdotes to his disadvantage. 1854 G. Bancroft VI. 91 They would throw a construction on his conduct to his disadvantage before the public. 1936 W. Stiles xiii. 286 Symbiosis in which two organisms of different species live together in a close association apparently to their mutual advantage, or at least without any indication of disadvantage to either of the associates or symbionts. 1953 D. Eisenhower Let. 23 May in P. Boyle (1990) 60 Any sign of weakening in our unity or resolve would again be exploited by them to the disadvantage of all of us. 2001 17 Dec. 22/2 He could play Washington's power games to his distinct advantage—and to the disadvantage of those who cross him. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > a disadvantage c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2828 (MED) Was þat a dede of a manly knyȝt? To slen a man forweried in fiȝt..Naked þe hed, his armure al to-torn..At disavauntage, & pleinly oute of Ioynt. 1548 W. Patten sig. G.iiv We wear sure to haue the gain of ye hil, and they the ground of disaduauntage. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 36 Him did you leaue..vn-seconded by you, To looke vpon the hideous God of Warre, In dis-aduantage. 1702 47 'Tis with very great Disadvantage in Education, and under grevious Discouragements that we train up any [Ministers]. 1783 W. Marsden 238 A bird of superior weight and size, is brought to an equality with his adversary, by fixing the steel spur so many scales of the leg above the natural spur, and thus obliging him to fight with a degree of disadvantage. 1832 J. Genest VII. 373 She was very short sighted, which was some disadvantage to her on the stage. 1858 10 Apr. 292/1 A glass vessel did not fulfil all indications, from its being a bad conductor of heat, though he did not deny that a painted metallic one might be fraught with some disadvantage. 1922 11 Feb. 4/3 As scrum-half [he] manfully overcame his disadvantage in weight. 1992 M. Urban iii. 28 Sympathy for the Catholics of the North in their struggle against social disadvantage runs deep. 2011 48 621 Although early fathers who are not teens and who are married and fully employed at the time of birth show less decrement in well-being later in life, some degree of disadvantage remains. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus sig. Lii Pouertee, enuie, forbearyng of pleasures, vntimely age, hasted death, and suche like disaduantages. 1597 F. Bacon f. 13 If you would worke any man, you must either know his nature, and fashions and so leade him,..or his weakenesses or disaduantages, and so awe him. 1639 T. Fuller iv. xii. 189 Never could the Christian religion be shewed to Pagans..on more disadvantages. 1674 C. Cotton xv. 129 In the lifting for dealing the least deals, which is a great disadvantage; for that makes the Dealer youngest hand. 1751 S. Johnson No. 180. ⁋3 Every condition has its disadvantages. 1807 T. Young I. x. 95 Red chalk has the disadvantage of not being easily removed..without leaving a brownish mark. 1837 B. Disraeli I. 235 Her regret of the many disadvantages under which he laboured. 1914 20 Nov. 626/3 A serious disadvantage under which the sea-going aeroplane at present labours..is that its speed is essentially limited by the fact that it has to alight and take off from the water. 1948 3 July 9/1 Paddock polo has one disadvantage as compared with polo crosse. 2003 (Rio Tinto plc) Mar. 15/3 Traditional blast furnaces..have a number of disadvantages. Phrases1567 T. Harding xii. f. 201v If you say, I doo you wrong in reporting your Argument to disaduantage, which is your common practise towardes me: I am content you frame it to your best aduantage. 1671 W. Vaughan tr. M. Baudier vii. 49 Peter of Navar..liked not this order, and gave notice thereof under hand to the Captains, who disguising the matter, and setting it out to disadvantage before the Soldiers, caused them to disband. 1747 S. Richardson I. ii. 10 My poor sister is not naturally good-humour'd... She must therefore..have appear'd to great disadvantage, when she aim'd to be worse-temper'd than ordinary. 1782 W. Cowper 7 Mar. (1981) II. 33 You must have seen her to a disadvantage. 1817 J. Williamson I. 48 The weather being rainy and cloudy, every thing appeared to disadvantage as we travelled along. 1873 R. Browning XII. iii. 99 Apprehensive old-world ware might show To disadvantage when the new-comer, Merchant of novelties..whistled o'er the lea. 1973 R. Ellmann ii. 34 Momentarily even the beloved Lewes must have appeared to disadvantage beside this taller, handsomer, sharper-sighted, younger banker. 2008 10 Aug. 17 After being shown to disadvantage one too many times on YouTube, Kanye West vowed to be his own online hype man. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2828 (MED) Was þat a dede of a manly knyȝt? To slen a man forweried in fiȝt..Naked þe hed, his armure al to-torn..At disavauntage, & pleinly oute of Ioynt. a1500 (a1450) (BL Add.) (1912) l. 4086 (MED) Ye se me atte dysavawntage [a1500 Rawl. Poet. dyssavantage]. 1569 R. Grafton II. 1363 And so beyng forced eyther to famishe or to fight at disaduauntage, Mounsier Thermes..caused his Vantgard to passe ouer the Ryuer..to auoyde the shotte of the Englishe shippes. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock 168 In the furie of the fight they can both march forward if they preuaile, or retyre vpon disaduantage. 1642 Sir T. Browne (new ed.) 9 I have no Genius to disputes in Religion, and have often thought it wisdome to decline them, and especially upon a disadvantage. 1706 15 June 1/2 My Lord Peterborough has not..suffer'd them to Attack him, or force him to Fight at some Disadvantage. a1817 J. Austen (1818) II. xi. 219 We often purchase them [sc. our pleasures in this world] at a great disadvantage. 1886 11 Feb. 7/5 Shame on the man who is willing that his wife, sister or mother should be placed at such a disadvantage. 1924 7 Aug. 12/4 The Conservative Party would be at a disadvantage in that they would be fighting against a parrot cry demanding the abolition of the House of Lords. 1981 R. Davies (1983) v. 60 Men always want to disconcert women and put them at a disadvantage. 2011 (National ed.) 28 Feb. b3/6 It [sc. the talk show] is at a disadvantage because it is not surrounded by other original shows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disadvantagev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: disadvantage n. Etymology: < disadvantage n., after advantage v.Compare Middle French desavantager (1507; French désavantager). the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [verb (transitive)] the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [verb (transitive)] ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil (1846) I. 262 Canulus..knew that the pollicie of his adversarie wolde muche disadvayntage him. 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch (1676) 951 He..made their lands waste, to disadvantage their enemies by so much the more. 1647 N. Ward 70 Sunne and wind cannot disadvantage you. 1731 H. Fielding iii. vi. 41 You will be disadvantaged by the Discovery. 1792 T. Vincent & R. Dickinson 10 The bodily disease..is not disadvantaged by the counteraction of the powers of remedy. 1856 Nov. 435/2 By interfering so, instead of promoting, you will disadvantage agriculture in the greatest possible degree. 1881 27 June 1/4 The Standard Oil Company..had paid to it in rebates by a great railroad trunk company $105,510, thus disadvantaging other companies. 1919 11 697/1 This very generosity and liberality has in some substantial respects seriously disadvantaged us. 1946 46 174 A technique which will serve his client's need without offending or unduly disadvantaging either the other party or the wider public. 2004 J. Gabe et al. (2005) i. 52 Low birth weight disadvantages the individual through both biological and social pathways. Derivatives the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > action of causing disadvantage 1592 P. Moffett xviii. 155 The deceiuing and disaduantaging of many. 1895 4 334 He seeks for supreme formulae, first principles, etc., and phrases them on the pattern of the Kantian,—very greatly to the disadvantaging of his case. 1954 63 340 As long as the rule of reason took into consideration the market results, and not merely the unfair disadvantaging of smaller competitors. 2012 101 347 In this she is quite right, but such disadvantaging is often consented to by the electorate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1387 v.?c1550 |
