disadvantageous

Meaning of disadvantageous

adjective
  1. involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness.
    the new employment scheme is disadvantageous to women

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  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of disadvantageous

dis-ad-van-ta-geous

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 15 chars.
  • disadvantageous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

disadvantageous synonyms

Meaning harmful:

harmful

Meaning likely to lead to an adverse outcome:

unfavourable

Meaning preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable:

adverse

Meaning not conducive to success; unpromising:

inauspicious

Meaning (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable:

unpropitious

Meaning not indicating a good chance of success; inauspicious:

unfortunate

Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck:

unlucky

Meaning not appropriate in a particular situation:

bad

Meaning tending to cause harm:

detrimental

Meaning harmful to someone or something; detrimental:

prejudicial

Meaning causing harm or damage:

deleterious

Meaning causing physical damage:

damaging

Meaning causing or likely to cause damage or harm:

injurious

Meaning causing distress to someone's feelings:

hurtful

Meaning causing great and irreparable damage:

destructive

Meaning occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time:

inopportune

Meaning (of an event or act) happening or done at an unsuitable time:

untimely

Meaning not practical, suitable, or advisable:

inexpedient

disadvantageous antonyms

Meaning involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial:

advantageous

Words that rhyme with disadvantageous

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