disadvantageous

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The Nile Valley’s hot, dry climate is advantageous for growing wonderfully flavorful tomatoes but disadvantageous for harvesting them, given their extreme perishability once picked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

But Lourenço has expressed regret over the deal, telling the New York Times that it was "disadvantageous" to Angola.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Know that these are among the most disadvantageous places to put college savings because they weigh more in the need formula.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024

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.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

For the plant the change is highly disadvantageous, but it facilitates harvest by humans—the grain waits on the stem to be collected.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann