How to Use disadvantageous in a Sentence

disadvantageous

adjective
  • They might have to resell the property at a disadvantageous time.
  • The current system is disadvantageous to women.
  • Minority groups find themselves in a disadvantageous position.
  • Sutton didn’t see a would-be pick two plays later, then got beat for a touchdown on third-and-goal at the 6. Sutton struggled in the second half of the season, though the Lions put him in disadvantageous situations trying to pressure opposing quarterbacks with the blitz.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Trans women also tend to put on weight and that can be disadvantageous.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • Now the war is ending on disadvantageous terms for the United States.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • Utah finds itself on both the advantageous side of that system and the disadvantageous.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Traits that might normally be rare or disadvantageous can then get entrenched in the isolated group and evolve further.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
  • Given that there are nine others that don’t have this potentially disadvantageous trait, why not select one of them?
    — Julian Savulescu, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2014
  • Our country always has a surplus of children, and many wind up raised in foster care or in disadvantageous conditions.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2020
  • Take advantage of disadvantageous events and find the silver lining.
    — Clayton Wood, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The key is to not lock yourself into unfavorable cost structures now at peak prices that will be highly disadvantageous in future years.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Now he’s supposed to surrender this highly useful cash to buy Twitter shares on even more disadvantageous terms?
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 15 July 2022
  • Losing the base for more expensive trips could be extra disadvantageous to those companies and local economies.
    — Leslie Josephs,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Kyiv was forced to accept a deeply disadvantageous ten-year gas transit deal with Moscow, among other concessions.
    — Suriya Jayanti, Time, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Each horse his regular rider, and none drew a disadvantageous post for the 1 1/8 mile $1 million stakes.
    — Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Saddled with the disadvantageous 10 post with an extremely short run to the first turn, Montalvo came out of the gate in a full out drive.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • And from my perspective, those who are able to see the advantage in a disadvantageous circumstance are far more likely to be successful.
    — Alexander Frech, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Newsom has long opposed state-level wealth taxes, believing such levies would be disadvantageous for the world’s fourth-largest economy.
    — Michael R. Blood, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the slowest animals, such as sloths and tortoises, have managed to use their seemingly disadvantageous traits to survive and even thrive.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • One viable solution, treating men and women the same, turned out to disadvantageous to one and advantageous to the other.
    — Jill Filipovic, Cosmopolitan, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Sure, the Cowboys' defense has played from some disadvantageous positions this year due to offensive turnovers and special team woes.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Bigger bodies were better during the Ice Age, and then became disadvantageous as the climate warmed.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2019
  • Most of the field of 20 will have been thinned off due to lack of sufficient talent or disadvantageous competitive circumstances.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 2 May 2018
  • The study found most scenarios displayed biases that were disadvantageous to Black people and women.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The defense still ranked 25th in scoring despite being put in disadvantageous positions by the offense.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The result could be disadvantageous, as the firm lost the productivity of a skilled professional who is now doing a poor job managing people.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The instant it is deemed disadvantageous, North Korea will not hesitate to violate it, renounce it, or simply walk away.
    — Nicholas Eberstadt, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • Based on the metric, Daniel Jones is the only quarterback who has played as many snaps as Maye and had a more disadvantageous situation around him.
    — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Panelo said people shouldn’t take Duterte literally and that contracts would be respected except for those disadvantageous to the public.
    — Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020

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