distinct disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctanddisadvantage

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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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 ofdistinctanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is adistinctdisadvantageif attached to the venous line in that bubbles frequently enter and can block some of the hollow fibers.
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The fact that it is on a ' 'sound financial basis ' ' seems to me like adistinctdisadvantage.
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This, of course, puts him at adistinctdisadvantagein fending off the inevitable objections his arguments invite.
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Here the surfeit of choice is adistinctdisadvantage.
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Thus, although women remain at adistinctdisadvantageit is expected that at least some prominent women will appear relatively high on party lists.
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Therefore, our national collections are at adistinctdisadvantage.
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But there is one verydistinctdisadvantageunder which he will suffer if this differentiation is continued.
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The ratepayer will be at adistinctdisadvantage, and rates will lose their identity as a local tax.
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But to drop this clause will still leave greyhound racing at adistinctdisadvantageto horse racing, and that clearly is inequitable.
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They have to operate at adistinctdisadvantage.
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As we get into the early stages of this debate, we are at adistinctdisadvantage.
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Although it has been modified, it still has adistinctdisadvantage, particularly for those efficient councils that collect their community charge.
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At the present time these small authorities are at adistinctdisadvantagein getting money as compared with the larger authorities.
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I think it is adistinctdisadvantagein this case if you take the prudent management of a colliery into consideration.
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They refused to break sanctions and now they are at a verydistinctdisadvantage.
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One is at adistinctdisadvantagewhen listening to somebody who is reading a very complicated answer.
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In this age of communication, customers are put at adistinctdisadvantagein such a situation.
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Secondly, the proposal would put the unit-holder at adistinctdisadvantagewhen compared with an enfranchised leaseholder in similar circumstances.
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Is it not time that that was looked at, because it puts them at adistinctdisadvantage?
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Other members of the community cannot afford to pay fees, and they feel that they are at adistinctdisadvantage.
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