disadvantageとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English disavauntage, from Old French desavantage

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ/

名詞

disadvantage (複数形 disadvantages)

1. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.

   The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.

2. A setback or handicap.

   My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.

   • (Can we date this quote by Burke かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you.

   • (Can we date this quote by Palfrey かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage.

3. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bancroft かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.

同意語

• (an undesirable characteristic): afterdeal, con, drawback, downside
• (a handicap): afterdeal, weakness

反意語

• advantage

動詞

disadvantage (三人称単数 現在形 disadvantages, 現在分詞 disadvantaging, 過去形および過去分詞形 disadvantaged)

1. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.

   They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.

   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.

同意語

• tell against

派生語

• disadvantageous
• disadvantageously
• disadvantageousness