drawback
See also: draw back
English
Etymology
draw + back
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔːˌbæk/
Noun
drawback (plural drawbacks)
- A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
- Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.
- Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, malefit
- Antonyms: benefit, advantage, boon
- A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
- The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
Translations
a disadvantage
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a partial refund
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inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette
Anagrams
- backward
French
Noun
drawback m (plural drawbacks)
- drawback (disadvantage)
- drawback (partial refund)
Further reading
- “drawback”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.