disadvantaging
- 1Present participle and gerund of disadvantage.
Critics argued the policy was disadvantaging rural communities.
Disadvantaging certain applicants because of their accent is against the law.
Note
The -ing form of a verb that always needs an object: a rule is disadvantaging someone, never simply disadvantaging. As a participle it follows be in progressive tenses (the change is disadvantaging older workers). As a gerund it works as a noun and can head a subject (disadvantaging newcomers helps no one). The base word also serves as a noun meaning a drawback or handicap, but the -ing form belongs only to the verb.
disadvantaging is a form of disadvantage
disadvantage, verb: To put someone or something in an unfavorable position relative to others. Full entry
- Forms
- disadvantagedisadvantages he/she/itdisadvantaging -ing formdisadvantaged past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- disadvantage → disadvantaging: drop the e, add -ing
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