disadvantageously

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    

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