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Look up: Disadvantage

  1. disadvantage
    [n] - the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position 2. [v] - put at a disadvantage
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. disadvantage
    in a reactor cell,the ratio of the average neutron flux density in a material to that in the fuel.Usually,the term refers to the moderator material and to the thermal neutron flux density Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Disadvantage
    Dis`ad·van'tage noun [ Confer French désavantage .] 1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. « I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you.» Burke. « Abandoned by their great patron, the faction hence …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/73

  4. Disadvantage
    Dis`ad·van'tage transitive verb [ Confer French désavantager .] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/73

  5. disadvantage
    noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. disadvantage
    disfavor verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; `This rule clearly disadvantages me`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Disadvantage
    In policy debate, a `disadvantage` (abbreviated as `DA`, and sometimes referred to as a `Disad`) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being considered.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disadvantag

  8. Disadvantage
    • (n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good. • (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. • (v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.Disadvantage: words i...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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