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Meanings of great disadvantage in English

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Usage of great disadvantage in English
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The Puritan agents appear to great disadvantage in the conference which ensued.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
2
The dogs having lost their voices, we were at a great disadvantage.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
3
But at one point we were put at a very great disadvantage.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
4
It is a great disadvantage to be too large for one's surroundings.
Penny Plain
5
Whether he and Snick could overcome this great disadvantage remained to be seen.
Dayworld Rebel
6
The single child is at a great disadvantage; he occupies the throne alone.
Religious Education in the Family
7
The British were placed at a great disadvantage at the outbreak of hostilities.
In the Shadow of Death
8
For this reason they were at a great disadvantage in battle.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
9
But in opposing their assailants they were at a great disadvantage.
My Life — Volume 2
10
We frequently take the hosiery from them at a great disadvantage.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
11
When it comes to fighting it puts our people at a great disadvantage.
The Hunters of the Hills
12
Another great disadvantage is that one suffers very much from want of sleep.
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours / Remarks on Recent Events in ...
13
Comparison with Scott, therefore, always put the one compared at a great disadvantage.
James Fenimore Cooper / American Men of Letters
14
The streets had been barricaded, and Prince Rupert's men fought at great disadvantage.
Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
15
Ronicky Doone, taken utterly by surprise, was at a great disadvantage.
Ronicky Doone
16
A comparison, we fear, would put us to great disadvantage, perhaps to shame.
Sketches of the Covenanters
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