disadvantageous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective constituting a disadvantage

WordNet

Dis*ad`van*ta"geous adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. désavantageux.
Definitions
  1. Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.
    Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott.
    -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.

Webster 1913