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1. (n.) drawback
an undesirable or objectionable feature; disadvantage.
2. drawback
a refund of tariff or other tax, as when imported goods are exported anew.
Etymology: (1690–1700)
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| Definition of 'drawback' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drawback
the quality of being a hindrance
"he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
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1. (noun) drawback
≠ advantage
One of the drawbacks of teaching is the low salary.
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1. (noun) drawback
a loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature
2. (noun) drawback
money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied
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Sense: a disadvantage
There are several drawbacks to his plan.
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 Afrikaans: besware, nadele |
 Arabic: سَيِّئَه، نَقْص |
 Bulgarian: недостатък |
 Brazilian: senão |
 Czech: nedostatek |
 German: die Schattenseite |
 Danish: ulempe; minus |
 Greek: μειονέκτημα |
 Spanish: inconveniente |
 Estonian: varjukülg |
 Farsi: نقطه ضعف |
 Finnish: haitta |
 French: inconvénient |
 Hebrew: מִגרָעָת |
 Hindi: कमी, कमजोरी |
 Croatian: poteškoća |
 Hungarian: hátrány |
 Indonesian: kekurangan |
 Icelandic: galli,ókostur |
 Italian: inconveniente, svantaggio |
 Japanese: 欠点 |
 Korean: 결점 |
 Lithuanian: trūkumas |
 Latvian: trūkums |
 Malay: kelemahan |
 Dutch: nadeel |
 Norwegian: ulempe, uheldig side |
 Polish: wada, strona ujemna |
 Persian: نقطه ضعف |
 Pashto: د ضعف ټكى |
 Portuguese: senão |
 Romanian: dezavantaj, inconvenient |
 Russian: недостаток |
 Slovak: nedostatok, nevýhoda |
 Slovenian: pomanjkljivost, slaba str |
 Serbian: slaba strana |
 Swedish: nackdel, avigsida, hake |
 Thai: ข้อเสียเปรียบ |
 Turkish: sakınca, mahzur |
 Taiwanese: 缺點 |
 Ukrainian: вада; дефект |
 Urdu: نقص ، خامی |
 Vietnamese: mặt hạn chế |
 Chinese: 缺点 |
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