This is the 16148th most frequent Korean word.
불리해진
"불리해진" means "become disadvantaged."
Here, '불리해진' is utilized as an adjective derived from '불리하다' (to be disadvantageous), describing a situation.
그 결정으로 우리는 불리해진 상황을 만났어요.
With that decision, we encountered a disadvantaged situation.
In this usage, '불리해진' emphasizes comparison showing how disadvantage increased over time.
경쟁이 치열할수록 더 불리해진 것 같아요.
The more intense the competition, it seems we became more disadvantaged.
'불리해진' explains a transition where an event or condition changed unfavorably due to external reasons.