Brilliant people have one major drawback - they don't know how to lose.
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Drawback
//ˈdɹɔːˌbæk//
Synonyms for "drawback" (118 found)
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Related words (59)
illimpairmentimpedimentinadequacyinconvenienceinfirmityinjuryjokerkickbackkinkliabilitylittle problemlossloss of groundmischiefobjectionobstacleobstructionobstructiveone small difficulty
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penaltypenalty clausepercentageprejudicepremiumprice cutprice reductionprice-cutproblemrebatementrefundriftrollbackrubsalvagesetoffshortcomingsnagsomething missingstep backwardstumbling blockstumbling stonetainttaretime discounttrade discounttrettroubleundersellingvulnerable placeweak linkweak pointweaknesswrite offwrite-off
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52 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عائِق noun (a disadvantage)
Belarusian
1 entries- недахо́п noun (a disadvantage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- затрудне́ние noun (a disadvantage)
- пре́чка noun (a disadvantage)
Catalan
2 entries- desavantatge noun (a disadvantage)
- inconvenient noun (a disadvantage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 缺點 /缺点 noun (a disadvantage)
Czech
2 entries- nevýhoda noun (a disadvantage)
- zápor noun (a disadvantage)
Danish
3 entries- skyggeside noun (a disadvantage)
- toldgodtgørelse noun (a partial refund)
- ulempe noun (a disadvantage)
Finnish
4 entries- haitta noun (a disadvantage)
- haittapuoli noun (a disadvantage)
- huono puoli noun (a disadvantage)
- palautus noun (a partial refund)
French
3 entries- drawback noun (a partial refund)
- désavantage noun (a disadvantage)
- inconvénient noun (a disadvantage)
Georgian
4 entries- ნაკლი noun (a disadvantage)
- უარყოფითი მხარე noun (a disadvantage)
- წუნი noun (a disadvantage)
- ხარვეზი noun (a disadvantage)
German
4 entries- Haken noun (a disadvantage)
- Minuspunkt noun (a disadvantage)
- Nachteil noun (a disadvantage)
- Schattenseite noun (a disadvantage)
Hungarian
2 entries- hátrány noun (a disadvantage)
- hátulütő noun (a disadvantage)
Italian
1 entries- svantaggio noun (a disadvantage)
Japanese
1 entries- 欠点 noun (a disadvantage)
Korean
1 entries- 결점 noun (a disadvantage)
Māori
1 entries- taumahatanga noun (a disadvantage)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ulempe noun (a disadvantage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ulempe noun (a disadvantage)
Polish
1 entries- wada noun (a disadvantage)
Portuguese
1 entries- desvantagem noun (a disadvantage)
Romanian
1 entries- dezavantaj noun (a disadvantage)
Russian
2 entries- изъя́н noun (a disadvantage)
- недоста́ток noun (a disadvantage)
Spanish
4 entries- desventaja noun (a disadvantage)
- drawback (dróbak) noun (a partial refund)
- inconveniente noun (a disadvantage)
- pega noun (a disadvantage)
Swedish
2 entries- baksida noun (a disadvantage)
- nackdel noun (a disadvantage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- недо́лік noun (a disadvantage)
- перешко́да noun (a disadvantage)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Being overweight is a drawback in this sport.
Source: tatoeba (9525025)
The only drawback of a high-frequency movement is extra wear and tear on the components.
Source: tatoeba (10661187)
Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.
Source: wiktionary
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