Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe1, n.
n. [Prefix dis and advantage, q. v.; Fr. désavantage.]
Sense 1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which prevents success, or causes loss or injury.
I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you. Burke.
Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey.
Sense 2. Loss; detriment; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good; as, to sell goods to disadvantage.
They would throw a construction on his conduct to his disadvantage before the public. Bancroft.
Synonyms—Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.