Standard Lemma guide

disadvantageous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S AE2 D V AE2 N T EY1 JH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not advantageous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

constituting a disadvantage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: advantageous

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English disadvantage Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English disadvantageous From disadvantage + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: нявыгадны (njavyhadny) — not advantageous
  • Belarusian: невыгодны (njevyhódny) — not advantageous
  • Bulgarian: неизгоден (neizgoden) — not advantageous
  • Bulgarian: неблагоприятен (neblagoprijaten) — not advantageous
  • Catalan: desavantatjós — not advantageous
  • Czech: nevýhodný — not advantageous
  • Danish: ufordelagtig — not advantageous
  • Esperanto: malavantaĝa — not advantageous
  • French: désavantageux — not advantageous
  • German: nachteilig — not advantageous
  • German: unvorteilhaft — not advantageous
  • Hungarian: előnytelen — not advantageous
  • Hungarian: hátrányos — not advantageous
  • Irish: míbhuntáisteach — not advantageous
  • Italian: svantaggioso — not advantageous
  • Portuguese: desvantajoso — not advantageous
  • Romanian: dezavantajos — not advantageous
  • Russian: невы́годный (nevýgodnyj) — not advantageous
  • Spanish: desaventajado — not advantageous
  • Spanish: desventajoso — not advantageous
  • Swedish: ofördelaktig — not advantageous
  • Swedish: ogynnsam — not advantageous
  • Turkish: dezavantajlı — not advantageous
  • Ukrainian: неви́гідний (nevýhidnyj) — not advantageous