Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-AD-VAN-TA'GEOUS
DIS-AD-VAN'TAG-EDDIS-AD-VAN-TA'GEOUS-LY
DIS-AD-VAN-TA'GEOUS, a.
Unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; not adapted to promote interest, reputation, or other good; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. We are apt to view characters in the most disadvantageous lights.
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