as in disadvantages
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work
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Recent Examples of downsides
What are the downsides a buyer will use to negotiate the acquisition price down?
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Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, these perks come with downsides.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
There are downsides to doing this good work.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
So there's some real downsides to the way the administration is bunching these requests.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
That’s one of the downsides of it.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Such downsides are among the reasons many people opt against consuming too much cream cheese over a short period of time.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
But John Lash, group vice president of product strategy at supply chain platform e2open, told Sourcing Journal that there will be downsides to the new policy for both shoppers and the supply chain.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
But pursuing the military rather than the diplomatic track has major downsides.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, these perks come with downsides.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
There are downsides to doing this good work.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
So there's some real downsides to the way the administration is bunching these requests.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
That’s one of the downsides of it.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Such downsides are among the reasons many people opt against consuming too much cream cheese over a short period of time.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
But John Lash, group vice president of product strategy at supply chain platform e2open, told Sourcing Journal that there will be downsides to the new policy for both shoppers and the supply chain.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
But pursuing the military rather than the diplomatic track has major downsides.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downsides
disadvantages
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All in all, the advantages of focusing on improving internal data and infrastructure outweigh the disadvantages that come from relying on an external LLM—for now.—
Emily Acton,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Both China and the United States have advantages and disadvantages in this strategic competition.—
SADEK WAHBA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Downsides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downsides. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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