disadvantageousness
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disadvantageousness — index inexpedience Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Disadvantageousness — Disadvantageous Dis*ad van*ta geous, a. [Cf. F. d[ e]savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; opposed to {advantageous}; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disadvantageousness — noun see disadvantageous … New Collegiate Dictionary
disadvantageousness — noun see disadvantageous … Useful english dictionary
disadvantageous — adjective Date: 1603 1. constituting a disadvantage 2. derogatory, disparaging • disadvantageously adverb • disadvantageousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
disadvantageous — disadvantageously, adv. disadvantageousness, n. /dis ad veuhn tay jeuhs, dis ad /, adj. characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental. [1595 1605; DIS 1 + ADVANTAGEOUS] * * * … Universalium
discommodity — /dis keuh mod i tee/, n., pl. discommodities. Archaic. 1. inconvenience; disadvantageousness. 2. a source of inconvenience or trouble; disadvantage. [1505 15; DIS 1 + COMMODITY] * * * … Universalium
inexpedience — I noun disadvantage, disadvantageousness, folly, foolishness, imprudence, inadvisability, inappropriateness, inexpediency, infelicity, injudiciousness, inopportuneness, inutilitas, ludicrousness, rashness, senselessness, undesirability,… … Law dictionary
disadvantage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. drawback, check, hindrance. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Loss] Syn. damage, harm, deprivation; see loss 3 . 2. [An unfavorable situation or circumstance] Syn. drawback, disadvantageousness, weak… … English dictionary for students
disadvantage — n. 1. Unfavorableness, disadvantageousness, inconvenience. 2. Injury, loss, damage, detriment, disservice, prejudice, hurt, drawback, harm … New dictionary of synonyms
