English-Finnish translations for disadvantage

• haitta
  Tämä on meidän kannaltamme valtava kilpailullinen haitta. This is an enormous competitive disadvantage for us.
  Se ei ole kuitenkaan haitta jäsenvaltioille. Nonetheless, this is not to Member States' disadvantage.
  Vientikustannukset ja markkinoiden aiheuttamat lisäkustannukset ovat suuri haitta näille alueille. Export costs and excess costs to the market put these regions at a major disadvantage.
• haittapuoli
  Kestävän kehityksen haittapuoli on se, että se on hyvin yleisluontoinen käsite, josta voi puuttua substanssia. The disadvantage of sustainability is that it is a very general concept that can also lack substance.
  On olemassa myös haittapuoli, johon kysymysten esittäjät oikeutetusti viittasivat. However, there is a major disadvantage which has been highlighted by the members who put these questions.
  Sillä on - kuten rouva Haug totesi - se suuri haittapuoli, että se voidaan toteuttaa määräenemmistöllä. It has - as Mrs Haug said - the great disadvantage of only needing a qualified majority to become a reality.
• varjopuoli

Definition of disadvantage

• A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con
• A setback or handicap
• Loss; detriment; hindrance
• To place at a disadvantage

Examples

• The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.
• My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.
• They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.

Related words

• disadvantaged
• disadvantageous
• disadvantageously
• disadvantaged neighbourhood
• educational disadvantage