Drawback
['drɔːbæk] or ['drɔbæk]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being a hindrance; 'he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan'.
Typed by Jed--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Lancelot
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disadvantage, detriment, injury, damage, faultiness, imperfection, deficiency.[2]. Discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DETRIMENT]
Checked by Klaus
Examples
- That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is called a bounty, is sometimes no more than a drawback, and, consequently, is not liable to the same objections as what is properly a bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His evils seemed to lessen, her own advantages to increase, their mutual good to outweigh every drawback. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Their own inclinations ascertained, there were no difficulties behind, no drawback of poverty or parent. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I perfectly understand your situation, however, Miss Woodhouse(looking towards Mr. Woodhouse), Your father's state of health must be a great drawback. Jane Austen. Emma.
- One slight drawback there was--where is the friendship without it? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The only drawback was the doubt of her aunt Bertram's being comfortable without her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Which, you see, Pip, said Joe, pausing in his meditative raking of the fire, and looking at me, were a drawback on my learning. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is without a drawback. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I don't know better company anywhere; but he has that one drawback. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I find that in cases like these, the fact that you can not comprehend each other isn't much of a drawback. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All manufactures of leather may be exported duty free; and the exporter is besides entitled to the drawback of the whole duties of excise. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it is intrinsically impossible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At the same time, and barring that slight drawback, I am bound to testify that he was the perfect model of a client. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Apart from debts and duns and all such drawbacks, I am not fit even for this employment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Drawbacks were given upon two different occasions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The defalcation of the revenue of customs occasioned by bounties and drawbacks, of which a great part are obtained fraudulently, is very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The drawbacks which were paid upon debentures and certificates, to ?2,156,800. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Well, well,' said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her in-doors life had its drawbacks. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Of these encouragements, what are called drawbacks seem to be the most reasonable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- General Meade was an officer of great merit, with drawbacks to his usefulness that were beyond his control. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A Turkish lunch is good, no doubt, but it has its little drawbacks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Bounties are sometimes called premiums, as drawbacks are sometimes called bounties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The term within which this, and all other drawbacks could be claimed, was afterwards (by 7 Geo. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He hoped the addition of the glycerine would increase the power and prevent some drawbacks which would otherwise stand in the way of boracic acid alone as a preservative of raw or cooked meat. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Certain drawbacks, possibly that of cost of installation and operation, has served as a hindrance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The problem to be solved was to market an agglomerated material so as to avoid the drawbacks of fine ore. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Rodney