drawback
Example Sentences
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Yet most of them are mentioned more often by their colleagues to describe their drawbacks and flaws than to talk up their suitability.
From BBC
The drawback of these places is that they tend to have higher costs of living.
From MarketWatch
Firms have put up with those drawbacks for access to South Africa’s deep seam of mineral wealth and its growing consumer market.
There are a few ways to measure readiness, but each method has its drawbacks, said Jill Cannon, a senior policy researcher at global policy think tank Rand.
From Los Angeles Times
She writes frequently on the benefits and drawbacks of emerging technologies and the role they play in the corporate world.
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