disadvantages

Meaning of disadvantages

plural noun
  1. an unfavourable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness.
    a major disadvantage is the limited nature of the data
    situations of serious social and economic disadvantage
verb, 3rd person present
  1. put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
    the pension scheme tends to disadvantage women

late Middle English: from Old French desavantage, from des- (expressing reversal) + avantage ‘advantage’.

Information about disadvantages

  • The singular form of disadvantages is: disadvantage.
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Hyphenation of disadvantages

dis-ad-van-tages

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
  • disadvantages is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

disadvantages synonyms

Meaning a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem:

drawback

Meaning an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:

snag

Meaning the negative aspect of something otherwise regarded as good or desirable:

downside

Meaning a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation:

catch

Meaning a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty:

pitfall

Meaning the state or condition of being weak:

weakness

Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:

flaw

Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:

defect

Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:

fault

Meaning a circumstance that makes progress or success difficult:

handicap

Meaning a condition of limited ability; a defect or failing:

limitation

Meaning difficulty or problems:

trouble

Meaning a thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand:

difficulty

Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:

problem

Meaning a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty:

complication

Meaning a person or thing whose presence or behaviour is likely to put one at a disadvantage:

liability

Meaning a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance:

nuisance

Meaning a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone:

hindrance

Meaning a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress:

obstacle

Meaning a hindrance or obstruction in doing something:

impediment

Meaning a disadvantage or loss resulting from something:

disbenefit

Meaning short for minus sign:

minus

Meaning an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with a sudden closure of the glottis and a characteristic gulping sound:

hiccup

Meaning act unjustly or dishonestly towards:

wrong

disadvantages antonyms

Meaning a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position:

advantage

Meaning an advantage or profit gained from something:

benefit

Words that rhyme with disadvantages

Ages, ages, ambages, cabbages, circumambages, cribbages, cubages, garbages, herbages, tubages, birdcages, bocages, boscages, brocages, cages, carucages, discages, encages, incages, ribcages, socages, soccages, uncages, adages, appendages, bandages, bavardages, blindages, bondages, brigandages, cloudages, contrabandages, cordages, faldages, fardages, frondages, garlandages, groundages, guardages, guidages, headages, hidages, husbandages, impoundages, marivaudages, pondages, poundages, scaffoldages, sondages, unbandages

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