"They're putting themselves at an enormous competitive disadvantage."
As expected, once inside the town the Roundheads had the enemy at an enormous disadvantage, attacked from front and rear.
A minority President (losing the popular vote, in the 1988 example, by about five million) would begin his tenure with an enormous disadvantage.
The race was removed because the tight bends involved in running indoors caused an enormous disadvantage to athletes drawn to run on the inside lanes.
Blacks as a group still suffer enormous disadvantages.
Even with the best intentions, politicians in Colombia are at an enormous disadvantage.
This places small entities at an enormous disadvantage to large entities.
This situation is caused by poverty, a low level of development, and enormous social and economic disadvantages.
This is an enormous competitive disadvantage for us.
Thus, almost by accident, the Confederacy was placed at an enormous strategic disadvantage.