disadvantageous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISADVANTAGEOUS, adjective 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 int eh most disadvantageous lights.
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