disadvantageousnessn.
/ˌdɪsadv(ə)nˈteɪdʒəsnəs/, /ˌdɪsadvanˈteɪdʒəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəsnəs/ The quality or state of being disadvantageous; unprofitableness; unfavourableness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [noun]
discommoditya1535
inconveniency1552
discommodiousness1579
discommodious1583
inexpedience1608
inexpediency1641
disadvantageousness1650
inconvenience1653
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > quality
disadvantageousness1650
1650 S. Eaton Reply to Answer 6 in Oath of Allegiance He speaks of the evil of swearing to a Prince absolutly, to be but..disadvantagiousnesse.
1723 J. Evans Pract. Disc. conc. Christian Temper I. x. 203 To magnify over-much the disadvantagiousness of their condition.
1782 T. Tyers Hist. Rhapsody Mr. Pope 5 This disadvantageousness of figure he converted as Lord Bacon expresses it ‘into a perpetual spur to..deliver himself from scorn’.
1831 J. Bigelow Elem. of Technol. (ed. 2) 6 He was struck with the force and disadvantageousness of the comparison.
1867 Wrexham & Denbighshire Advertiser 9 Mar. 7/2 Notwithstanding the disadvantageousness of the case, the government did not hesitate to bring in a bill.
1908 Econ. Jrnl. 18 473 The method employed goes far towards neutralising the disadvantageousness to Londoners of the high rents they must pay.
2014 Slavic Rev. 73 155 Projects were given a green light regardless of their expected economic disadvantageousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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