Disadvantage | Mean of disadvantage in English Dictionary

/ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪʤ/

• Noun
• something that causes difficulty
1. This program has the disadvantage [=shortcoming] of being more expensive than the others.
2. She had the disadvantage of growing up in a poor community.
3. He felt that his lack of formal education put/placed him at a disadvantage [=made it harder for him to succeed] in the business world.
4. They argued that the new regulations would place their company at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace.
• a bad or undesirable quality or feature
1. There are advantages and disadvantages to the new system.
• loss, damage, or harm
1. The deal worked to our disadvantage. [=the deal was harmful to us in some way]