DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: NOUN
- Damage or loss, especially to reputation or finances; detriment.
- Absence or deprivation of advantage; that which prevents success or renders it difficult; any unfavorable circumstance or condition: as, the disadvantage of poverty or imperfect education.
- A setback or handicap.
- A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
- Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
- Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
- Synonyms Detriment, injury, hurt, harm, damage, prejudice, drawback.
- The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- An unfavorable condition or position.
- Loss; injury; prejudice to interest, reputation, credit, profit, or other good: as, to sell goods to disadvantage.
- Such an advantage or penalty.
- A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.
- Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- A physical or mental disability.
- Advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
- The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- An old game at cards. - Pepys
- The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- Any disadvantage that makes an activity more difficult or impossible.
- A physical or mental disability of the body which makes normal human activities more difficult or impossible.
- A disadvantage or inconvenience. : disadvantage.
- A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- A race in which the supposed superiority of certain competitors is counterbalanced by penalties of additional weight, distance, or time imposed on them, or the inferiority of others is compensated by a certain amount of time or distance granted them in starting; any contest or competition in which an allowance of time or distance or other advantage is given to an inferior competitor: as, the Newmarket handicap.
- In racing and athletics, an extra burden placed upon, or a special requirement made of, a superior competitor in favor of an inferior, in order to make their chances more equal.
- An old game at cards, not unlike loo.
- An old game at cards.
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Handicapped.
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: VERB
- To place at a disadvantage.
- Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
- Put at a disadvantage
- Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
- Injure permanently
- To place at disadvantage.
- To estimate betting odds.
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To put at a disadvantage; hinder or harm.
- To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
- To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage.
- To cause to be at a disadvantage; impede.
- To assign handicaps or a handicap to (a contestant).
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To hinder or embarrass; do something prejudicial or injurious to; put at disadvantage.
- Put at a disadvantage
- Hinder, harm
- Noting a contest in which certain competitors are handicapped: as, a handicap race or game.
- To impose, as upon a competitor in a race or other contest, some disadvantage, such as a penalty of additional weight or distance or an allowance of a start or other advantage to an opponent.
- Figuratively, to place at a disadvantage by the imposition of any embarrassment, impediment, or disability: as, handicapped by age, by inexperience, etc.
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: RELATED WORDS
- Constraint, Inequity, Problem, Difficulty, Drawback, Burden, Disparity, Detriment, Advantage, Disadvantageous, Disfavour, Hamper, Disfavor, Hinder, Handicap
- Hurdle, Disabled, Disabilities, Disable, Disablement, Deterrent, Incapacitate, Hinder, Invalid, Hamper, Impairment, Impediment, Hindrance, Disability, Disadvantage
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Obstacle, Gap, Shortcoming, Constraint, Inequity, Problem, Difficulty, Burden, Disparity, Detriment, Advantage, Disadvantageous, Hamper, Hinder, Handicap
- Obstacle, Hurdle, Disabled, Disabilities, Disable, Disablement, Deterrent, Incapacitate, Hinder, Invalid, Hamper, Impairment, Hindrance, Disability, Disadvantage
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Disadvantage compensation does not require a disability card.
- Imprisonment does not sanction such discimination and disadvantage.
- Another disadvantage of rabbit cages is their cost.
- Now, this is both an advantage and disadvantage.
- This system works to the disadvantage of women.
- But they do have one very big disadvantage.
- Groupthink can be considered another big task disadvantage.
- Why is it important to understand community disadvantage?
- It would therefore not actually be a disadvantage.
- This begins by tracking participation levels and acting if evidence emerges that disadvantage in life is compounded by disadvantage in access to guidance.
- Log House Museum is handicap accessible with our new front walk and relocated handicap ramp.
- Do you have, for your use, a handicap parking sticker or handicap license plate?
- Handicap placards allow drivers and passengers with disabilities to park in handicap parking spaces.
- Parking in handicap spaces is prohibited unless the student possesses a handicap sticker.
- The average handicap differential is then used to calculate your handicap index.
- Long walk to my handicap room, even from the handicap parking area.
- This cabin is best for handicap but not fully handicap accessable.
- Paradise Mile Handicap, Turf Paradise, Kokopelli Handicap, Turf Paradise, third in Berkeley Handicap, Golden Gate, Gr.
- Changes in Handicap System: Those interested in handicap sailing shall form a fleet and, as a group, decide on which handicap system is favored.
- People with disabilities have special parking privileges when displaying a handicap placard, handicap plate or handicap parking hang tag.
DISADVANTAGE vs HANDICAP: QUESTIONS
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