Disadvantage

//ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ//

Synonyms for "disadvantage" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(2 words)
afterdealcon

Strong matches (41)

Verb(2 words)
disfavordisfavour

Related words (68)

Noun(2 words)
malefitweakness
Verb(1 words)
tell against

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

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distinct from

1 entries

is a

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

67 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • سَيِّئَة noun (weakness)

Armenian

2 entries
  • թերություն noun (setback or handicap)
  • վնաս noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)

Asturian

2 entries
  • desventaya noun (weakness)
  • desventaya noun (setback or handicap)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • нявы́гаднае стано́вішча noun (weakness)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • недостатък noun (weakness)
  • неизгодно положение noun (setback or handicap)
  • неудобство noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)
  • пречка noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)

Catalan

2 entries
  • desavantatge noun (weakness)
  • desavantatge noun (setback or handicap)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 不利 noun (weakness)

Czech

2 entries
  • nevýhoda noun (weakness)
  • nevýhoda noun (setback or handicap)

Danish

2 entries
  • ulempe noun (weakness)
  • ulempe noun (setback or handicap)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nadeel noun (weakness)

Faroese

1 entries
  • vansi noun (weakness)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haitta noun (weakness)
  • haitta noun (setback or handicap)
  • haittapuoli noun (weakness)
  • haittapuoli noun (setback or handicap)

French

2 entries
  • désavantage noun (weakness)
  • désavantage noun (setback or handicap)

Galician

2 entries
  • desvantaxe noun (weakness)
  • desvantaxe noun (setback or handicap)

German

1 entries
  • Nachteil noun (weakness)

Greek

1 entries
  • μειονέκτημα noun (weakness)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חיסרון noun (weakness)
  • חיסרון noun (setback or handicap)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hátrány noun (weakness)
  • hátrány noun (setback or handicap)

Irish

2 entries
  • míbhuntáiste noun (weakness)
  • míbhuntáiste noun (setback or handicap)

Italian

2 entries
  • svantaggio noun (weakness)
  • svantaggio noun (setback or handicap)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 不利 noun (weakness)

Korean

1 entries
  • 불리 noun (weakness)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • ulempe noun (weakness)
  • ulempe noun (setback or handicap)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • ulempe noun (weakness)
  • ulempe noun (setback or handicap)

Polish

2 entries
  • niekorzyść noun (weakness)
  • wada noun (setback or handicap)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • desvantagem noun (weakness)
  • desvantagem noun (setback or handicap)

Romanian

2 entries
  • dezavantaj noun (weakness)
  • dezavantaj noun (setback or handicap)

Russian

4 entries
  • затрудне́ние noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)
  • невы́годное положе́ние noun (weakness)
  • неудо́бство noun (setback or handicap)
  • поме́ха noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ana-cothrom noun (weakness)
  • ana-cothrom noun (setback or handicap)

Spanish

2 entries
  • desventaja noun (weakness)
  • desventaja noun (setback or handicap)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nackdel noun (weakness)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dezavantaj noun (weakness)
  • dezavantaj noun (setback or handicap)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mối tổn thất noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)
  • sự bất lợi noun (weakness)
  • sự thiệt hại noun (loss; detriment; hindrance)
  • thế bất lợi noun (setback or handicap)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The rumor worked to his disadvantage.

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The comparison between the two was to his disadvantage.

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His bad health is a great disadvantage to him.

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The disadvantage of excellent insulation is that it quickly leads to overheating.

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