the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Attended with disadvantage; not adapted to promote interest, reputation, or other good; unfavorable; detrimental.
Biased; unfriendly; prejudicial.
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adj. constituting a disadvantage
Word Usage
"Genov's resignation on August 24 2009 was telegraphed some days ago after a fallout with Energy Minister Traicho Traikov about Traikov's allegation that Kozloduy had sold power on the open market on terms disadvantageous to the nuclear power station."