considerable disadvantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableanddisadvantage
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The latter has theconsiderabledisadvantagethat the reader does not find the information on one and the same affix in one place.
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Would not there be someconsiderabledisadvantageif the prime contractors were selected by midsummer?
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Likewise, an engineer going to a high-cost low-tax country may find himself at aconsiderabledisadvantagein returning hospitality.
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In that process many of the ports were put toconsiderabledisadvantageand traffic was diverted.
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We are also at aconsiderabledisadvantagein exporting.
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They face aconsiderabledisadvantagewhen reentering the employment market.
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In 1946, there was aconsiderabledisadvantagein being the tenant of furnished accommodation.
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Therefore, the prosecution invariably starts at aconsiderabledisadvantage.
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When one comes to the cost per head situation, one sees that these small schools —the 11–16 schools—are again at aconsiderabledisadvantage.
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These factors combine to produceconsiderabledisadvantagefor children.
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Let us face it: the manual worker starts with a veryconsiderabledisadvantage.
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So the local authorities are atconsiderabledisadvantage.
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So we have already placed ourselves at aconsiderabledisadvantage.
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It puts a lot of people who have a heavy responsibility for providing public transport in metropolitan areas at aconsiderabledisadvantage.
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The way in which the matter is handled is aconsiderabledisadvantageto constituents who take their case to a public inquiry.
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There would however be no advantage, andconsiderabledisadvantage, in creating another tier of local government, with executive powers, at provincial level.
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However, it may work to theconsiderabledisadvantageof the ship owners and cause delays and extra costs.
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However, he will at once find that he is at aconsiderabledisadvantage.
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The first was that unemployment was a regrettable phase in the life of any nation, and aconsiderabledisadvantageto the person who is unemployed.
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