built-in advantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbuilt-inandadvantage
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built-in
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌbɪltˈɪn/us/ˌbɪltˈɪn/
If a place or piece of equipment has built-in objects, they are permanently connected and cannot be ...
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advantage
noun
uk/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofbuilt-inandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Large firms, which enjoy tremendous advantages from economies of scale, pay so much less per unit cost that they, too, have a tremendousbuilt-inadvantage.
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The selective system obviously gives an enormousbuilt-inadvantageto a child who comes from a family where education is appreciated.
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I believe that there is abuilt-inadvantagefor the party which appears to be doing well.
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In this secular society thisbuilt-inadvantageis disappearing rapidly.
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Obviously, those employers offering a cheaper employment package, including less good pensions, would be at abuilt-inadvantage.
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So, although one can certainly pick individual cases and argue the case anecdotally, seen in the round the system at the moment does not give my party abuilt-inadvantage.
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With thisbuilt-inadvantage, the use of a password manager is beneficial even if the user only has a few passwords to remember.
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A properly co-ordinated fuel policy would have to contain built-in advantages for the nationalised industries.
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First, it would provide technical help, what ever that means, to a number of places which have built-in advantages of climate and local conditions which this country does not enjoy.
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Like other elected officials, supervisors enjoy built-in advantages of incumbency.
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Many of the features common to the most widely practiced religions provide built-in advantages in an evolutionary context, she writes.
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