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# disadvantage

«disadvantage» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that makes things harder or less good** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a disadvantage, disadvantages); verb (disadvantage, disadvantaged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A disadvantage is something that makes things harder or less good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m1)

2) To be at a disadvantage is to have less chance than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m2)

3) To disadvantage someone is to put them in a worse position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In writing (advantages and disadvantages), sport, fairness and society (disadvantaged children).

### examples

- One disadvantage of a dog is the cost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x1)
- Being short is a disadvantage in basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x2)
- We were at a disadvantage without our goalie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x3)
- List the advantages and disadvantages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x4)
- Some families are disadvantaged by poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x5)
- Playing away from home can be a disadvantage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x6)
- I chatter and chatter, but it must come out, what's sticking in my throat, to the disadvantage of my own family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/#x7)

### note

Opposite: advantage. Adjective: disadvantaged.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disadvantage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disadvantage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.