Synonyms for drawback
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : draw-bak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɔˌbæk |
Top 10 synonyms for drawback Other synonyms for the word drawback
Définition of drawback
Origin :- "hindrance, disadvantage,"1720, from draw (v.) + back (adv.). The notion is of something that "holds back" success or activity.
- noun disadvantage
- The mirror instrument has this drawback, however—it does not 'record' the message.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The drawback was that I had not saved it, as Anthony had saved Monny.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The only drawback to the Cobham visits were the "dear, dear boys!"
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- The only drawback was that there was nothing in the house for dinner.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Weakness of limb or want of wealth was no drawback in his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians » by Xenophon
- This great over-appreciation of present goods is a drawback to their progress.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- If it had not been for some shortcomings in the provisions there would have been no drawback.
- Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
- My happiness would have been too great if there had been no drawback to it.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- If it had not been for this drawback I should probably have cultivated his society.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- "There may be one drawback to having lunch outdoors," said Phil.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
Antonyms for drawback
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