disadvantage

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Operators in strategically important sectors that would otherwise be at a competitive disadvantage to cheaper, more carbon-intensive imports—such as steelmakers and oil refineries—receive free allowances each year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

If there’s a disadvantage, it’s that this type of chip is expensive and difficult to manufacture.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

"It shouldn't be the case that parents are left trying to search for a cinema their child can attend," she said, adding that travelling created extra costs and put families "at a disadvantage".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

She timidly suggested that he was here at a flattering disadvantage, for she had heard all of the preachers, but he had not, for a very long time, eaten another woman’s cooking.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin