as in disadvantage
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work
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Recent Examples of downside
The only downside is the interest rate on their mortgage, which came in at just under 7%.
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Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
For all their downsides, civil service jobs are seen as stable.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The downsides of using a compounding pharmacy are that their products aren’t FDA-approved, and dosing can be inconsistent.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
But is that access, that potential benefit, worth all of the downsides?
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
For all their downsides, civil service jobs are seen as stable.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The downsides of using a compounding pharmacy are that their products aren’t FDA-approved, and dosing can be inconsistent.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
But is that access, that potential benefit, worth all of the downsides?
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downside
Noun
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The Magic’s ineptitude puts them at a severe disadvantage on most nights.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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On Reddit, a new mom ranted about how working conditions in corporate America put parents at a disadvantage.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).—
Emily Barone,
Time,
19 July 2017
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LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.—
Brent Cooper,
Cincinnati.com,
17 July 2017
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Therefore, perhaps the place for the long barrier at professional level is actually in football, despite Stones showing its drawbacks recently.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The only drawback is a common one with Chromebooks, the lack of much onboard storage, but they're made for cloud work anyways and this offer can snag you three free months of Google One AI Premium which includes 2TB of Google Drive room.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PCMAG,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Downside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downside. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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