0 present participle of disadvantage
1 to cause someone or something to be less successful than most other people or things:
Teachers claim such measures could unfairly disadvantage ethnic minorities.
It is unlikely to be seen as about the disadvantaging of courtesy or solicitude.
This is achieved by prohibiting practices which cannot be objectively justified and have the effect of disproportionately disadvantaging a particular group.
This would prevent us from disadvantaging the child during a stage where both target-like and targetdeviant constructions occur.
The outcomes of these struggles and bargains, they argue, far from serving the general 'good of the city', reward some groups whilst disadvantaging others.
By disadvantaging unaffiliated legislators, the agreement violates their interest in pursuing politics in their own way on terms of equality with other political actors.
If we can redistribute or modify some of those disadvantaging talents and skills, why not alter the baseline?
The accentuation of procedure opened up new litigation opportunities for the wealthier classes while disadvantaging and alienating the lower strata of society.
It may well be, however, that international governance structures will benefit some state actors and some societal actors, while disadvantaging other state actors and other societal actors.