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as in handicap
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
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as in expense
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
intense pretrial publicity worked to our disadvantage
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Recent Examples of disadvantage
These constraints place China’s AI firms at a disadvantage.
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
The administration’s ban on new renewables projects and scrapping of Joe Biden’s clean energy incentives risk putting America at an energy disadvantage.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
Edwards predicted more retirement announcements could be on the horizon as filing deadlines approach, and that many may come from the GOP, given the historic disadvantage of the president’s party in a midterm year.
—Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2026
The program performed extremely well across key demographics and platforms, despite industry and timing disadvantages, including a Tuesday air date two days before Christmas.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
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While Benthaus was the first person with a significant physical handicap to fly in space, European Space Agency astronaut John McFall, who has a prosthetic leg, has been cleared for selection to a future flight to the International Space Station.—
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There were 13 handicap spaces spread around the auditoriums at Regal Falls.—
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But longer-term expenses, such as insurance and facility maintenance, are carried by the property’s owners.—
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Uniforms are supplied; no out of pocket expenses.—
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Although Presta valves are pretty much standard on higher-end bikes' wheels, the things definitely do have their drawbacks.—
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However, there are drawbacks to the current options.—
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Political observers think Talarico could surge to the fore in the primary despite, or perhaps because of, his outsider status.—
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Using that unscientific tool to gauge his Texas Rangers, the club after the first month of the season remains unchanged despites many changes: Average, and a stunning disappointment.—
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In early September, with the multiple hijackings organized by Haddad and a final confrontation with King Hussein’s forces both looming, the Popular Front leaders in Amman decided that the foreign volunteers were a liability and arranged for them to be bussed back to Lebanon out of harm’s way.—
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Garcia and Velasco said their bill would place liability on agencies, rather than individual state employees.—
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But those guards fell crashing down on Wednesday night in a brutally honest assessment of his team following Boise State’s (9-6, 1-3 Mountain West) 75-58 home loss to Grand Canyon (9-5, 2-1) at ExtraMile Arena.—
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Despite the losses, Damon traveled to Texas and won the national title, dedicating the victory to his family and supporters.—
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“Disadvantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantage. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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