Synonyms for drawback
ˈdrɔˌbækdraw·back

Princeton's WordNet

1. drawbacknoun

   the quality of being a hindrance

   "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

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1. • Disadvantage

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1. drawbacknoun

   Synonyms:
   disadvantage, detriment, injury, damage, faultiness, imperfection, deficiency

2. drawbacknoun

   Synonyms:
   discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement

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1. drawbacknoun

   Synonyms:
   disadvantage, hindrance, defect, imperfection, rebate, deduction, discount

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1. List of paraphrases for "drawback":

   disadvantage, drawbacks, inconvenience, downside, shortcoming, cla, handicap

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1. Sinan Ulgen:

   It will be seen as the party that has forced early elections on a recalcitrant Turkish electorate at a time when there are severe challenges, both from the security perspective and also economically, the drawback to this gambit for Erdogan is that if the AK Party ends up losing votes, we may start to see more open dissatisfaction about his influence.

2. Sinan Ulgen:

   The drawback to this gambit for Erdogan is that if the AK Party ends up losing votes, we may start to see more open dissatisfaction about his influence.

3. Erica Strausssaid she:

   It’s a fantastic moisturizer, the only drawback is the smell.

4. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973:

   Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back--in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.

5. Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues:

   Mornings are wonderful! The only drawback is that they come at such an inconvenient time of day!