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.
Transitional arrangements will be proposed to avoid disadvantaging the companies concerned.
In 1970, those local stations were closed, severely disadvantaging my constituents in those villages and beginning the spiral of decline.
By not being able to offer insurance against inflation we are seriously disadvantaging ourselves in competing for fixed price contracts.
In the final analysis, this means introducing a system of double standards, disadvantaging one group of passengers compared to another.
One particular aspect, which colours all the rest, is intellectual property, which is in huge danger and could end up disadvantaging authors and artists.
However, it has the unfortunate consequence of, probably inadvertently, disadvantaging life peers.
One would be disadvantaging others more honestly minded.
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.
