See Also: disadvantage(dictionary)
disadvantage 1, noun(dictionary)
disadvantage 2, verb(dictionary)

Yaghnobi (iou) and disadvantage (iou)


Yaghnobi (iou)



Yaghnobi noun & adjective. Pl. of noun same, -s. M20.
[Yaghnobi.]
(Of) the modern Iranian language of a people inhabiting parts of Tajikistan, descended from a dialect of Sogdian; (a member) of this people.

disadvantage (iou)



disadvantage noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French desavantage, from DIS- 2, ADVANTAGE noun.]
A. noun.
Lack of advantage; an unfavourable condition or circumstance. LME.
R. Ellmann Lewes must have appeared to disadvantage beside this taller, handsomer.., younger banker.
Loss of or injury to credit, reputation, or interest. LME.
Steele I..never speak Things to any Man's Disadvantage.
b. verb trans. Place at a disadvantage; affect unfavourably. M16.
Daily Telegraph His colour, always disadvantaging him, has damaged his native spontaneity.
disadvantaged ppl adjective & noun (the people who are) placed at a disadvantage, now esp. in relation to social opportunities E17.