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[ noun ] the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)But while the corporation has all the disadvantages of the socialist form of organization ( so cumbersome it cannot constructively do much of anything not compatible with its need to perpetuate itself and maintain its status_quo ) , unluckily it does not have the desirable aspect of socialism , the motivation to operate for the benefit of society as_a_whole . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Yesterday , I had the privilege of reading a thoughtful article in the U._S._News_+_World_Report of May 8 which discussed this type of action in more detail , including both its advantages and its disadvantages . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)Yet the highly anxious child suffered a tremendous disadvantage only in the unstructured school , and performed as well or better than average in the structured setting . |
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