as in disadvantage
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
this plan has only one drawback: it's unworkable
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Recent Examples of drawback
The novel is ultimately constructed to serve the notion that upper-middle-class Black life may have its drawbacks where personal freedoms are concerned but that class mobility and playing into respectability politics is a righteous thing to do.
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Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
And one of the key drawbacks to consider is that neither is an income-producing asset like stocks or real estate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
How companies get around California’s education privacy laws In 2014, California became the first state in the country to regulate education technology companies directly, but being first comes with its drawbacks.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But there are some potential drawbacks.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026
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Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
And one of the key drawbacks to consider is that neither is an income-producing asset like stocks or real estate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
How companies get around California’s education privacy laws In 2014, California became the first state in the country to regulate education technology companies directly, but being first comes with its drawbacks.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But there are some potential drawbacks.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawback
Noun
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Gittens also had a further disadvantage.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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There were other theories as to why that might be, including the possibility that there was some evolutionary disadvantage to the Neanderthal X chromosome in humans.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This week’s tournament lists DeSantis as having a 10-handicap.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The 75-foot Dry Falls—the most popular in western North Carolina—invites travelers to walk behind it while staying mostly dry or view it from the handicap-accessible overlook.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Drawback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawback. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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