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disadvantage

[dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn-] / ˌdɪs ədˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn- /


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This could be a disadvantage for Apple and something that limits the potential of its Siri voice assistant, Mohan argued.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

She was left at a serious disadvantage and may have lost the case.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

While recent increases in Chinese glove average selling prices have allowed Malaysian manufacturers to raise prices, their structural cost disadvantage continues to weigh on competitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Carney needs to "think hard about his next move," Fagan argued, and ensure any new countermeasures are chosen strategically while recognizing Canada "is always going to be at a disadvantage."

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

A milk producer in northern Japan cannot hope to compete in southern Japan, because transporting milk there would take an extra day or two, a fatal disadvantage in the eyes of consumers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

This is their eighth playoff berth in the past nine years, a remarkable achievement considering all of their disadvantages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The 2025 study also notes the cost and lack of residual protection as important disadvantages of whole structure fumigation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

But financial advisers are starting to be more honest about owning’s disadvantages too.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Jeff said they drew up a list of the pros and cons and the disadvantages were "far outweighed".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

“If we are blind to the educational disadvantages associated with need, we will simply replicate these disadvantages while appearing to make decisions based on merit.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Parents and teachers said consumer AI chatbots were fully unblocked for children on their school-issued devices starting last fall in the district, which serves mostly economically disadvantaged students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a statement, he added that the name of the unit posed "obvious problems of definition" and "risks being deeply patronising, to equate being working class with being disadvantaged".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"They're not middle-class. They're working-class people who are struggling, and their children have been disadvantaged," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

In Gamper's view, women should not be financially disadvantaged because of their anatomy or because they need cubicles for safety reasons, for example.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

What they seem not to recognize is that, as a socially disadvantaged child, I considered Spanish to be a private language.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

A unit of SpaceX is suing Apple for disadvantaging its AI app, and the company is now prototyping its own smartphone-like AI device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

He also argued that ranking applicants by SAT scores ends up disadvantaging high-achieving low-income, first-generation and underrepresented minorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Greer accused Brazil of disadvantaging American exports by offering lower tariffs to other trade partners.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

"The Government's aerospace strategy will make sure that regulations remain fit for purpose, and advanced aviation technology is integrated into transport networks without disadvantaging those who use the airspace."

From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2022

The NSA does train intelligence analysts on rules that prohibit the collection of intelligence for suppressing dissent or disadvantaging people based on their race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, and is reviewing ODNI’s recommendations.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022




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