Consider this common sentence structure for discussing a hypothetical situation:
Who would benefit from adding Foo to Bar?
I would like to ask the opposite:
Who would be disadvantaged from adding Foo to Bar?
In my particular case, 'be disadvantaged' needs to be replaced with a single word. Ideally, the word would be as neutral as possible, with as little negative connotation as could be mustered. I'm looking for a word from the same part of speech as is 'benefit'. The antonyms for benefit found on common online sources do not have a suitable drop-in replacement word. The only one that comes close is 'lose' but in this case they are not suffering a loss but rather simply not receiving a utility.
Best Answer
Actually, the sentence works both ways as it is written. The question comes down to how you stress the wording.
It's all in how you say it. If it's in writing, it's in the context and how your speaker conveys it through action.