Sol's success would cripple Sos, and put him at a fatal disadvantage.

Otherwise they would be at a fatal disadvantage against Gonsaran soldiers, as far as reach went.

Would his politeness (and Hervey was very much the gentleman) put him at a fatal disadvantage?

You, after all, have the fatal disadvantage of not being 13.

No longer, he said, will books suffer from what he called that "fatal disadvantage": the fact that they are available only in print.

He'd never imagined such speed and power, but he realized almost instantly that however lethal theseijin might be, he faced one fatal disadvantage.

In principle this was a praiseworthy attempt to improve the education of future officers, but in practice it had fatal disadvantages.

Now any hesitation, any attempt to get into position to fire accurately, would put them at a fatal disadvantage.

That was a huge advantage for developers and, ultimately, a fatal disadvantage in the marketplace.