† disadvantageableadj.
Obsolete.
Tending towards disadvantage; disadvantageous, detrimental.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective]
unbeheveeOE
unprofitablec1350
thriftlessc1400
undisposingc1400
disprofitable1548
disadvantageous1550
incommodious1579
disadvantageable1587
unadvantageable1603
lossful1611
naught1620
disvantageous1622
disserviceable1645
incommodous1677
unserviceable1698
zero-sum1965
downside1983
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [adjective]
discommodious1540
disprofitable1548
disadvantageous1550
disadvantageable1587
inexpedient1608
disvantageous1622
unbeneficial1626
inconvenient1651
unserviceable1698
1587 A. Fleming 3rd Table Chron. Eng. sig. C.iii/2, in A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III His booke of priuat affaires vnaduisedlie deliuered,..disaduantageable to himselfe.
1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 8 Hastie selling is commonly as disaduantageable as interest.
1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 116 It is very disaduantageable to the glorie of God and saluation of men.
1615 G. Webbe Pract. Quietnes 148 A disaduantageable peace was to bee preferred before a iust warre.
Derivatives
disadvantageably adv. in a disadvantageous manner, to the detriment of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adverb]
unprofitably1395
unprofitablec1450
discommodiously1590
disadvantageously1611
disadvantageably1627
disserviceablya1670
malignly1828
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [adverb]
discommodiously1590
disadvantageously1611
disadvantageably1627
1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times x. 222 Hee had..spoken so disadvantagably [Fr. desauantageusement] of her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1587