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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]