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    disbenefit
    /dɪsˈbɛnɪfɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a disadvantage or loss resulting from something: British "an environmental disbenefit to the area of Teesside"

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  2. disbenefit: [noun] something disadvantageous or objectionable : drawback.

  3. 5 meanings: Australian formal a disadvantage → 1. an unfavourable circumstance, state of affairs, thing, person, etc 2. injury,.... Click for more definitions.

  4. Synonyms for DISBENEFIT: disadvantage, handicap, liability, drawback, shortcoming, downside, negative, minus; Antonyms of DISBENEFIT: advantage, asset, edge, plus ...

  5. Define disbenefit. disbenefit synonyms, disbenefit pronunciation, disbenefit translation, English dictionary definition of disbenefit. n. Something that is a disadvantage or has a deleterious effect; a drawback.

  6. Disbenefit definition: Something that is a disadvantage or has a deleterious effect; a drawback.

  7. corrections and revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations which have been added in subsequent print and online updates. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into disbenefit, n. in July 2023.

  8. Where does the verb disbenefit come from? Earliest known use. 1970s. The earliest known use of the verb disbenefit is in the 1970s. OED's only evidence for disbenefit is from 1978, in Journal of Royal Society of Arts. disbenefit is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: disbenefit n.

  9. May 2, 2023 · disbenefit (plural disbenefits) A drawback or disadvantage. 2016, John Simpson, The Word Detective, Little, Brown, published 2016, page 65: ... Definitions and other text are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

  10. disbenefit: Something that is a disadvantage or has a deleterious effect; a drawback.

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