Stephenie Meyer

Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks with anything that's permanent. How do you know how you're going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo.

American Author

Peter Sunde

I'm not on Facebook but there are a lot of drawbacks in my offline world. No party invitations, no updates from my friends, people stop talking to you, because you're not on Facebook. So it has real life implications.

Swedish Businessman

Jonathan Coe

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.

English Novelist

John Philip Sousa

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.

American Musician

Mary Augusta Ward

A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it.

British Novelist

Jerome K. Jerome

But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

English Author

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

American Writer

Marilyn Monroe

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

American Actress

Kate Garraway

Ageing might have its drawbacks but it brings with it hard-won wisdom and a wonderful sense of freedom.

English Journalist

Adrian Belew

The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.

Use 'drawback' when discussing the less appealing parts of a plan or item, not the strengths.

Negative Aspect

'Drawback' is often used comparatively, suggesting there are better options available because of the drawback.

Comparable Alternatives

'Drawback' suggests a critical perspective. It's less neutral than 'disadvantage'.

Critical Tone

In finance, 'drawback' refers to a subtraction from funds, not a plan or item's disadvantage.

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Financial 'drawback' often affects the overall budget, so it's an essential term in budgeting.

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Use 'drawback' in formal financial contexts, like reports or accounting records.

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 But whatever its benefits and drawbacks, it is far from a new phenomenon. And though the mountains, deserts and oceans that once separated us are now circumvented through super sonic vehicles, cross-continental communication cables, and signals beamed through space rather than caravans traveling for months,

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 and there are plenty of leaves to eat. But this diet has its drawbacks. Animals extract energy from food and use that energy to move around, maintain their body temperature, keep their organs working, and all the other activities necessary for survival.

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 Because the small number of signals have thousands of possible paths by which to distribute themselves. A drawback of sparse coding within a huge number of neurons is its cost. Worse, if a big proportion of cells never fire, then they are superfluous

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 One certainly can't argue with those numbers. However, once we eliminate public funding for the arts, there will be some drawbacks. The artists on the street will swell the ranks of the unemployed. Many will turn to drug abuse and prostitution,

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 Digital gig platforms come with drawbacks and may not provide a reliable living wage. But for many around the world who don’t have the luxury of choice and need to make money as soon as possible, like, say, if you just lost your job,

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 But the pleasant life has three drawbacks, and it's why positive psychology is not happy-ology, and why it doesn't end here. The first drawback is, it turns out the pleasant life, your experience of positive emotion,

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 There is a drawback to algae, It's very expensive. Is there a way to produce algae inexpensively? And the answer yes. We do the same thing we do with halophytes, and that climatic adaptation.

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 mindfulness that amplify them that stretch them over time in space but the pleasant life has three drawbacks and it's why positive psychology is not happy ology and why it doesn't end here

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 but having a beat longer than your body does have its drawbacks

Drawback

Something that is not perfect about a thing, situation, or plan.

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An amount of money that is taken from a larger amount; a deduction.

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