pitfalls

NOUN

hazard, trap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

danger difficulty drawback peril risk snag

STRONG

catch downfall entanglement hook mesh mousetrap pit quicksand setup snare swindle toil web

WEAK

booby trap deadfall

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage safety security

WEAK

blessing good luck

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pitfalls

Streaming links, along with advice on how to avoid their pitfalls, are freely available in online discussion groups.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

And though that freedom sounds good in theory, it has pitfalls.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yet while it boasts one of the highest adoption rates in the bloc, Ireland also shows some of the pitfalls of Europe's AI push.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Many advisers who are looking past the price declines still see pitfalls in bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ian Hacking, Larry Laudan and Andrew Pickering represent significant examples of people trying to avoid the pitfalls of both realism and relativism; I share that enterprise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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