disadvantageous

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UK/dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/

adjective

Not advantageous.

Similar
expensiveunfavorableunfavourableminusnegative
Opposite
advantageous
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English disadvantage →
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Meanings

adjectivedisadvantageous (comparative more disadvantageous, superlative most disadvantageous)

comparative more disadvantageous · superlative most disadvantageous

  1. Not advantageous.

    Another disadvantageous feature of the Perth yard, again dictated by the considerations of the site, is that the six double-ended reception roads are alongside the sorting sidings and not laid end-to-end with them.

    1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271

    Synonyms: expensive

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot advantageous.

Similar
expensive

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveinvolving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness

Similar
unfavorableunfavourableminusnegative
Opposite
advantageous
Also see
minusnegativeunfavourableuntoward

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishdisadvantage
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishdisadvantageous

From disadvantage + -ous.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неизгоден, неблагоприятен
  • неизгоден (neizgoden)not advantageous
  • неблагоприятен (neblagoprijaten)not advantageous
Catalan desavantatjós
  • desavantatjósnot advantageous
Czech nevýhodný
  • nevýhodnýnot advantageous
Danish ufordelagtig
  • ufordelagtignot advantageous
Esperanto malavantaĝa
  • malavantaĝanot advantageous
French désavantageux
  • désavantageuxnot advantageous
German nachteilig, unvorteilhaft
  • nachteilignot advantageous
  • unvorteilhaftnot advantageous
Hungarian előnytelen, hátrányos
  • előnytelennot advantageous
  • hátrányosnot advantageous
Irish míbhuntáisteach
  • míbhuntáisteachnot advantageous
Italian svantaggioso
  • svantaggiosonot advantageous
Portuguese desvantajoso
  • desvantajosonot advantageous
Romanian dezavantajos
  • dezavantajosnot advantageous
Russian невы́годный
  • невы́годный (nevýgodnyj)not advantageous
Spanish desventajoso
  • desventajosonot advantageous
Swedish ofördelaktig, ogynnsam
  • ofördelaktignot advantageous
  • ogynnsamnot advantageous
Turkish dezavantajlı
  • dezavantajlınot advantageous
Ukrainian неви́гідний
  • неви́гідний (nevýhidnyj)not advantageous
Cite this entry
APA

disadvantageous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantageous

MLA

“disadvantageous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantageous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disadvantageous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadvantageous.

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