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Discover LudwigThe phrase "disadvantage against" is not grammatically correct or commonly used in written English.
A more correct and natural way to express this idea would be "disadvantage towards" or "disadvantage against someone/something." Example: The new regulations put small businesses at a disadvantage towards larger corporations. Example: The team faced numerous disadvantages against their opponents, but they were determined to overcome them.
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Then again, matchups might not mean much, even the Cardinals' supposed disadvantage against left-handed starters.
That might put him at a disadvantage against Gulbis, who had a routine straight-sets win.
"The current system puts U.S. corporations at a competitive disadvantage against their foreign competitors.
If there was some selective disadvantage against this, then they would have died out a long time before they did.
This places the company at a competitive disadvantage against its American rival, Boeing, whose costs are almost entirely dollar-denominated.
Byrd's lack of punching power for a heavyweight could be a huge disadvantage against a boxer of Lewis's size.
But industry fears the extra costs will put them at a disadvantage against rivals outside the EU.
The one disadvantage, against myriad benefits, is that green manures make ideal habitats for pesky slugs and snails.
Until Memphis's Josh Pastner proves himself more, he has a decisive disadvantage against an experienced coach like Majerus.
It is a rare for elite professional athletes to acknowledge inferiority, let alone a psychological disadvantage against an opponent.
There are only three refrigerated luge courses in North America, putting teams from the United States at a decided disadvantage against their European counterparts.
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