Disadvantage
Disadvantage noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
Stop and disadvantage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a noun "Disadvantage".
Nearby Word: disadvantageous
Stop
Stop noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever
Disadvantage and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disadvantage" instead a noun "Stop".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| big | big disadvantage | big stop |
| great | great disadvantage | great stop |
| serious | serious disadvantage | serious stop |
| bad | bad disadvantage | bad stop |
| Other adjectives: horrible, main, major, immediate, temporary, marked, insane, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Worse, its weakness does little since the disadvantage you'd gain from being able to be stopped by projectiles during the move is completely reversed by the fact that nothing can stop you.
Source: Game Breaker / Super Smash Bros. -
An Armored Core example: In many of the games, Overed Boosting has the disadvantage of not being able to stop or turn on a dime.
Source: Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress - This is in a game where most fights are 6v6, so losing any unit to Stop is a significant disadvantage.
Source: Game Breaker / Final Fantasy
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