Dictionary Entry
disadvantage
disadvantage is a 12-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
- 2noun
Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
- 3transitive verb
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
- 4noun
the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- 5verb
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
"This rule clearly disadvantages me"
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