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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage;
- Example: "the venture turned out badly for the investors"
- Example: "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"
[syn: badly, disadvantageously]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. [1913 Webster] Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disadvantageously adv 1: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: badly, disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously, well]