downside
noun
down·side
ˈdau̇n-ˌsīd 
1
: a downward trend (as of prices)
2
: a negative aspect
the downside of fame
Examples of downside in a Sentence
He could find no downside to the car.
the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work
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The biggest downside is obviously that the M3 Ultra comes with M3-class single-core performance, which is still relevant for things like games and other workloads that can't be split among multiple cores.
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Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
Demming and Donahue said the district would need to do more research on the possible benefits and downsides before trying to implement a similar change.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
The downside is that this AI cover letter generator's focus on keywords can sometimes result in less natural-sounding wording.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The downside to that moisture wicking is that synthetics retain odor.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
Demming and Donahue said the district would need to do more research on the possible benefits and downsides before trying to implement a similar change.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
The downside is that this AI cover letter generator's focus on keywords can sometimes result in less natural-sounding wording.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The downside to that moisture wicking is that synthetics retain odor.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downside
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“Downside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downside. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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