Advantageous

a.

1.

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. - Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. - Chesterfield.

Adj.	1.	advantageous - giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" Antonyms: disadvantageous, harmful - constituting a disadvantage
	2.	advantageous - appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness Synonyms: appropriate

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