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disadvantageous

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·ad·van·ta·geous /ˌdɪsædvənˈteɪdʒəs, -væn-/ adjective [+to/for] formal  DISADVANTAGEunfavourable and likely to cause problems for you 不利的,可能引发问题的 OPP advantageousdisadvantageously adverb
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disadvantageousMoney may be deposited on terms that make early withdrawal disadvantageous.In them the gene might have been positively disadvantageous because it left them less socially intuitive.The result was also disadvantageous for him personally.Failing to reveal cystic fibrosis may be disadvantageous or even illegal.Animals also restrain their aggression because it is disadvantageous to fight stronger opponents - it is better to run away.If it is vocationally disadvantageous to study history at school, it must be vocationally suicidal to study the subject at university.
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disadvantageous
disadvantageous /ˌdɪsædvənˈteɪdʒəs, -væn-/ adjective [+ to/for] formal
 Word Family: noun: advantagedisadvantage, the disadvantaged; adjective: advantageousdisadvantageous, advantageddisadvantaged; verb: disadvantage; adverb: advantageouslydisadvantageously
unfavourable and likely to cause problems for you
   OPP  advantageous
—disadvantageously adverb


dis·ad·van·ta·geousBrE /ˌdɪsædvænˈteɪdʒəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdɪsædvænˈteɪdʒəs/ 🔊 adjective~ (to/for sb) (formal) causing sb to be in a worse situation compared to other people 不利的;没有好处的The deal will not be disadvantageous to your company. 这项交易不会对你公司不利。🔊🔊 OPP advantageous