disvantageous

/ˌdɪsvænˈteɪd͡ʒəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

Obsolete

"[…] That had not his light horse by disvantageous ground / Been hinder'd […]"
"A People may consume more of their own or Forreign Goods, than the Value of the Product, Manufacture, and Profits by Trade; But their Trade is not disvantageous, it is their too great consumption[…]"
"[…]but that arrangement being found disvantageous to the trustees, it was broken off[…]"

From dis- + vantage + -ous.

more disvantageous (comparative) most disvantageous (superlative)

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How do you pronounce disvantageous?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪsvænˈteɪd͡ʒəs/.

What does disvantageous mean?

Disadvantageous.

Where does disvantageous come from?

From dis- + vantage + -ous.

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