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- verb Present participle of
disadvantage .
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Examples
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I find the idea of disadvantaging one group of people in order to redress a perceived disadvantage of another group is one of the most misguided liberal notions of the past hundred years.
Home 2008
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In the right-wing litany, trade unions stand accused of causing unemployment by inflating wages, of generating inequality by disadvantaging the non-unionized, and of blocking productivity growth and investment by defending outmoded working practices and staffing levels.
David Coates: Defending Trade Unions as Labor Day Approaches David Coates 2011
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It IS consistent to say that marriage belongs to male with female – even though those marriages sometimes fail and even though people sin and make babies out of wedlock – thus disadvantaging their children with single parent households.
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I wanted to talk a little about in-game GM rulings, and making sure you are not unfairly disadvantaging players in the name of realism.
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The set of all unlucky people or the children of alcoholics all suffer from disadvantaging circumstances beyond their control.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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In the right-wing litany, trade unions stand accused of causing unemployment by inflating wages, of generating inequality by disadvantaging the non-unionized, and of blocking productivity growth and investment by defending outmoded working practices and staffing levels.
David Coates: Defending Trade Unions as Labor Day Approaches David Coates 2011
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Crucially, any attempt at economic reform will risk disadvantaging the very elites—military, police, party—on whom Kim Jong Eun will rely for support.
Falling Out of Love With North Korea Chung Min Lee 2011
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The government is determined to prevent alcohol abuse without disadvantaging those who drink sensibly.
Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin or crack' Sarah Boseley 2010
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"To even think of disadvantaging and disabling such important scientific innovation beggars belief."
Chemistry cuts will do 'irreparable' damage, top scientists warn 2011
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The giveaway was the Department of Health's response: it was "determined to prevent alcohol abuse without disadvantaging those who drink sensibly".
Britain's drugs hypocrisy is a giant self-inflicted wound Simon Jenkins 2010
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