Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
constituting a disadvantage;
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):
disadvantageous
adj 1: constituting a disadvantage [ant: advantageous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "disadvantageous":
baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
counterproductive, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depreciative,
depreciatory, detracting, detrimental, disparaging, disserviceable,
distressing, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic,
malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious,
ominous, pejorative, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, scatheful,
slighting, toxic, unadvantageous, uncomplimentary, unfavorable,
unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate, veneniferous,
venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless