serious disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddisadvantage

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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disadvantage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious disadvantage

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The inequity this generates, however, is aseriousdisadvantage.
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This dependency of the representation by automata on the codes seems to constitute aseriousdisadvantageof this method.
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However, in comparison with strict data types, lazy data types have aseriousdisadvantage: a proper implementation consumes large amounts of both space and time.
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With the pill, 31-5% of women felt that side-effects were aseriousdisadvantage.
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The mostseriousdisadvantagewas that the performance had very few moments when the life experiences of its audiences were reflected on stage.
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Tilghman was shy, aseriousdisadvantagefor one of his station.
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One particularlyseriousdisadvantageof the capital gains tax is that nationals are treated worse than foreigners.
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This and other things prove that we begin with aseriousdisadvantage.
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With hardly any warning their rates were raised and this placed our better-class woollen trade atseriousdisadvantage.
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It is often forgotten that the physically disabled suffer physical pain and discomfort, and are invariably at aseriousdisadvantagesocially and psychologically.
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That is a reallyseriousdisadvantagefacing the tourist trade at the moment.
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It would be aseriousdisadvantageto them.
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This point ought to be cleared up, otherwise a small farmer with a single tractor will be at aseriousdisadvantage.
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It presents certain obvious advantages in technical matters, but it has oneseriousdisadvantage.
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The person who finds himself under aseriousdisadvantageis the builder, who in the ordinary way takes land for the purpose of development.
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It is aseriousdisadvantageif she cannot leave the husband because she has nowhere to go.
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All the rest will be put at aseriousdisadvantageby the effects of this proposal.
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That will be aseriousdisadvantageto those who should be entitled to use the services.
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The livestock sector is at aseriousdisadvantagebecause of the high cost of cereals.
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To undergo the internal procedure may place a complainant at a potentiallyseriousdisadvantagein terms of a subsequent case before the tribunal.
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