detraction
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Perhaps if the overall production were better, the musical cues wouldn't even be noticeable; but as it is, they're a distraction on top of multiple detractions.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2021
One of the running themes of “Grandma” is how parents, no matter their age or their detractions, do they best they know how, no matter their pasts of present circumstances.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2015
Where I think many of the “the Internet is making us stupid” claims get it wrong is that these detractions also apply to other mediums.
From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2012
The program obeys an iron law of show business: the greater the hit, the louder the detractions.
From Time Magazine Archive
It were sickening to detail all the paltry irritabilities, jealousies, and cabals, the spiteful detractions and animosities, that lurk far down, and cling to the very kelson of the ship.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
Vocabulary lists containing detraction
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Twelfth Night
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