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| cut off one's nose to spite one's face |
to take spiteful or vengeful action that causes pain or disadvantage to oneself. |
| debit |
a shortcoming or disadvantage; drawback. [1/5 definitions] |
| detrimental |
causing harm, disadvantage, or deterioration. |
| exploit2 |
to use to one's own advantage and to the disadvantage of the person or thing being used. [1/2 definitions] |
| feather one's nest |
to exploit an opportunity to enrich oneself, esp. to the disadvantage or at the expense of others. |
| freeload |
(informal) to take food, lodging, entertainment, or the like at someone else's expense and usu. to his or her disadvantage. |
| handicap |
anything that makes things harder or keeps a person from doing better. [2 definitions] |
| hole |
a position of serious disadvantage. [1/9 definitions] |
| ill |
causing harm or disadvantage; detrimental; bad. [1/11 definitions] |
| labor |
to suffer from a disadvantage (usu. fol. by "under"). [1/9 definitions] |
| liability |
area of weakness; disadvantage; susceptibility. [1/3 definitions] |
| loss |
the harm or disadvantage caused by losing or having something taken away. [1/6 definitions] |
| penalize |
to impose a disadvantage or handicap on. [1/3 definitions] |
| penalty |
a punishment or disadvantage given in sports to a player or team that breaks a rule. [1/2 definitions] |
| position |
one's situation, esp. in relation to one's sense of advantage or disadvantage. [1/9 definitions] |
| prejudice |
disadvantage or harm caused by the adverse preconceptions of others. [1/6 definitions] |
| prejudicial |
causing prejudice; putting at a disadvantage; injurious; detrimental. |
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