disadvantageous
/ˌdɪsadv(ə)nˈteɪdʒəs
/adjective
Involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness: the new employment scheme is disadvantageous to women...
- Michael had nearly been killed in that battle, possibly because of the disadvantageous circumstances under which the battle was fought.
- Reduced fruit set after a hurricane could be especially disadvantageous because hurricanes can create sites for plant recruitment.
- However, they have long been in a disadvantageous and vulnerable position due to their status and restrictive regulations.
Synonyms
unfavourable, adverse, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfortunate, unlucky, bad;
detrimental, prejudicial, deleterious, harmful, damaging, injurious, hurtful, destructive;
inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, inexpedient
Derivatives
disadvantageously
- This is discriminatory: to discriminate against members of a group of people just is to treat them disadvantageously compared to members of other groups, when there's no adequate justification for doing so.
- But we had no evidence that a scheme like that described in clause 3, ‘Overview’, will actually change anything in New Zealand advantageously, and there is every likelihood that it will change things disadvantageously.
- The plight of gallant, Catholic little Belgium, invaded by a militaristic aggressor, was disadvantageously compared with Ireland, achieving freedom (so Redmond argued) within the British Empire, rather like Canada or Australia.