disadvantage
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The lack of opportunity is putting many young adults at a disadvantage as youth unemployment rises.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The play closed in February, putting it at a disadvantage with Tony voters whose theatergoing typically kicks into high gear in the spring.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
But Arm as a PC platform remains at a software-development disadvantage vis-à-vis x86, including in areas such as gaming, which remains an important end market for Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The same mechanism that produces unequal economic opportunity also produces unequal political opportunity—and in politics, the disadvantage compounds across stages.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
The disadvantage is that representational art, like prose, is always bound to the literal meaning and appearance of the everyday world, at least to some extent.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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