tremendous disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsoftremendousanddisadvantage

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tremendous
adjective
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/trɪˈmen.dəs/us
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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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 oftremendousanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is what happens, and the small trader finds himself at atremendousdisadvantage.
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The changes which have taken place during the last four years have placed us at atremendousdisadvantagein comparison with many neutral flags.
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It is true to say that many times local government has worked at atremendousdisadvantage.
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That shows the way in which the electorate is being put at atremendousdisadvantage.
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Therefore, in the field of oil versus solid fuel fired boilers in industry the coal industry finds itself at atremendousdisadvantage.
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I find myself at thetremendousdisadvantageof having none of these credentials for speaking.
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But unless she has something pretty drastic to say pretty quickly, these people will be at atremendousdisadvantage.
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This is atremendousdisadvantagefor these industries.
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That is atremendousdisadvantageto the country.
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Individual schools facingtremendousdisadvantagehave transformed the life chances of their pupils.
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It is atremendousdisadvantageto a new small firm to enter a contract with a large company that does not honour its debts.
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The opting-out provisions will place other schools at atremendousdisadvantage.
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With his possibly small command of the language, he is at atremendousdisadvantage, but the hotelier does not care.
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For example, our industry is at atremendousdisadvantagecompared with our competitors in the cost of fuel.
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The point is that someone who is an early tenant should not be put at atremendousdisadvantage.
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It deals also with those who are retired and who are now living at atremendousdisadvantage, the old-age pensioners.
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Hence, co-ownership schemes are at atremendousdisadvantagecompared with fair rents schemes.
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That is atremendousdisadvantageto the industries of this country.
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A ballot would put negotiators at atremendousdisadvantage.
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That is atremendousdisadvantageto the women who comprise the majority of single parents.
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