Word family noun advantage ≠ disadvantage the disadvantaged adjective advantageous ≠ disadvantageous advantaged ≠ disadvantaged verb disadvantage adverb advantageously ≠ disadvantageously
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishadvantageousad‧van‧ta‧geous /ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs, ˌædvæn-/ ●○○ adjective HELPhelpful and likely to make you successful OPP disadvantageous He was now in a more advantageous position.advantageous to terms advantageous to foreign companies —advantageously adverbExamples from the Corpus
advantageous• To drive out a sick individual is sometimes advantageous, because the sickness may be infectious.• Many bus companies provide advantageous fare tickets especially for tourists.• Immigrants presumably want to migrate because it is advantageous for them to do so.• After mating, the territory is advantageous in protecting the eggs and young fish.• In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species.advantageous to• The trade agreement is particularly advantageous to U.S. farmers. 