Examples of disadvantageous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The real tragedy of great-power politics is not that rising powers strive to overthrow a materially disadvantageous order that great powers are unwilling to change. Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2023 With chronic loneliness, that stress response gets stuck and becomes disadvantageous — similar to the way in which anxiety can shift a helpful fear response to a maladaptive mental illness. Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2024 Traits that might normally be rare or disadvantageous can then get entrenched in the isolated group and evolve further. Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024 The study found most scenarios displayed biases that were disadvantageous to Black people and women. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disadvantageous 

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“Disadvantageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantageous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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