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All drawback synonyms

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noun drawback

  • fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
  • handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
  • defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
  • hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
  • difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
  • obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
  • shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
  • impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
  • snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
  • ill — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
  • lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
  • disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
  • nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
  • detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
  • trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • check — Check is also a noun.
  • disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
  • problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
  • downside — the lower side or part.
  • negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
  • fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
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