How to Use disadvantage in a Sentence

disadvantage

1 of 2 noun
  • There are advantages and disadvantages to the new system.
  • She had the disadvantage of growing up in a poor community.
  • They argued that the new regulations would place their company at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace.
  • Does that put you at a disadvantage in terms of the speed of it?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And how did that tribe disadvantage work out?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • What are the disadvantages of a store card?
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Cities will always be at a disadvantage in these types of fights.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of people see it as a disadvantage.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For most tight ends, this is a pretty big disadvantage.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a first mover disadvantage there in a new market.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • Was there a disadvantage to sitting in the front of the car on your way to the castle?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Residents of the states harmed by the new rules are at a disadvantage for each of these.
    — Malena Carollo and Ben Tanen, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • And this year’s shower has the disadvantage of taking place when the moon is full.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Her trial arguably set a high new bar for proof, and put those who lack it at a disadvantage.
    — Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But Tuchel said the players don’t see that as a disadvantage.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • French farmers say such bans put them at an unfair disadvantage.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The use of wood isn’t without its disadvantages, though, namely one of weight.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But kids have advantages and disadvantages when they’re born, all of them.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 21 June 2023
  • But mulch does have one major disadvantage.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • As a result, whoever went first was bound to be at a disadvantage.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Even with the disadvantage, Hina came in first place in their third straight tribe challenge.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That, to me, is an advantage, not a disadvantage.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This is an area where musicians that are new to the industry are at a disadvantage.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of an ice cream maker?
    — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Charlie makes an excellent point about what the disadvantage might be.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Hanjiro still thinks highly of them both, although each pupil faces disadvantages.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There are some other disadvantages of wind power.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This is one area where double strollers are often at a distinct disadvantage to single strollers.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • Madrid’s largely idyllic climate this time of year comes with some disadvantages.
    — Jenessa Connor, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Untamed is only six episodes, putting it at a massive disadvantage in terms of putting up such a large viewing time.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025

disadvantage

2 of 2 verb
  • Of those that did, women were disadvantaged in some way almost two-thirds of the time.
    — Lucy Perez, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Some have raised concern this could disadvantage students who can’t afford a lawyer for the process.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • First, what is the evidence that blacks are disadvantaged in the workplace?
    — The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • Any of these attributes game the health care system in favor of the seller and disadvantage the consumer.
    — James Breiding, Scientific American, 16 June 2021
  • This law and others like it will disadvantage even more trans and nonbinary people.
    — Noelle Martin, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Those who act with intention and the conscious desire to disadvantage people of color.
    — Ann Latham, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Economic and infrastructure growth has been on the back of a land grab that has disadvantaged rural farmers.
    — Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 30 June 2023
  • Buyers or sellers represented by an agent in the latter camp would then also be disadvantaged.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Some also said the bill would disadvantage rural students and those for whom English is a second language.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2022
  • There are corporate trends that disadvantage middle aged and older workers.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • In addition, bias in home appraisals can also disadvantage Black home buyers and home owners.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Your cheating can also disadvantage your honest classmates by distorting the curve.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Indeed, lack of access has been used to disadvantage low-income communities.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The leaders of both unions argue that the rise of streaming has economically disadvantaged their members.
    — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • McMichael said the new rules disadvantage patients in areas already struggling to provide high quality health care.
    — al, 8 June 2021
  • The short-sightedness of disadvantaging our nearby non-city residents is head-scratching.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The union’s members, who have been on strike since July 14, argue they have been disadvantaged by the economics of the streaming era.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The learning center, based in South Africa, educates disadvantaged children on art and other life skills.
    — Callum Sutherland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Some experts also expressed concerns that a complex refund process could disadvantage small businesses.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Stuck at home, investors were less likely to seek out founders beyond their immediate web, a trend that tended to disadvantage founders who are female and/or people of color.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Should inefficient firms with bad products that disadvantage tens of millions of consumers be protected in order to save hundreds of thousands of jobs?
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The model could also disadvantage employees on teams that are mostly in the office, or mostly remote, or people who want to keep different hours from the rest of their team.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
  • But making social interactions a part of the process can disadvantage people of color and women, Chatman says.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
  • In the advanced economies, this disadvantaged less skilled workers, reduced the power of workers and labor unions, and increased inequality.
    — Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023
  • Houston schools that are already disadvantaged based on scarcity are further punished for problems arising from that scarcity, while more affluent schools down the road are some of the best in the state.
    — Sam Russek, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Strokes gained off the tee measures the advantage (or disadvantage) a player has exclusively from his performance on par 4s and par 5s off the tee.
    — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Our priority focus has been to ensure no student is disadvantaged as a result of Covid-19.
    — Roy Kent, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The recent layoffs even disadvantage current H-1B workers who escaped the cuts, and those who manage to secure new visas.
    — WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The conservative nonprofit argues the policy disadvantages students based on the racial makeup of their schools.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The effort is part of a new push to close problem sites that have posed health risks to communities across the state, oftentimes disadvantaged neighborhoods in close proximity to oil drill sites.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023

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