drawback

See also: draw back

English

Etymology

draw +‎ back

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔːˌbæk/

Noun

drawback (plural drawbacks)

1. 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

2. A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
3. The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.

Translations

a disadvantage

• Arabic: عائِق‎ m (ʕāʔiq)
• Belarusian: недахо́п (be) m (njedaxóp)
• Bulgarian: пре́чка (bg) f (préčka), затрудне́ние (bg) n (zatrudnénie)
• Catalan: inconvenient (ca) m, desavantatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺點／缺点 (zh) (quēdiǎn)

• Czech: nevýhoda (cs) f, zápor m
• Danish: ulempe c, skyggeside c
• Finnish: haitta (fi), haittapuoli, varjopuoli, huono puoli
• French: inconvénient (fr) m, désavantage (fr)
• Georgian: უარყოფითი მხარე (uarq̇opiti mxare), ხარვეზი (xarvezi), ნაკლი (ka) (naḳli), წუნი (c̣uni)
• German: Nachteil (de) m, Minuspunkt m, Schattenseite (de) f, Haken (de) m
• Hungarian: hátrány (hu), hátulütő (hu)
• Italian: svantaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 欠点 (ja) (けってん, ketten)
• Korean: 결점 (ko) (gyeoljeom)
• Maori: taumahatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ulempe m or f

  Nynorsk: ulempe f

• Polish: wada (pl) f
• Portuguese: desvantagem (pt) f
• Romanian: dezavantaj (ro) n
• Russian: недоста́ток (ru) m (nedostátok), изъя́н (ru) m (izʺján)
• Spanish: desventaja (es), pega (es) f
• Swedish: baksida (sv) c, nackdel (sv) c
• Ukrainian: недо́лік m (nedólik), перешко́да f (pereškóda)

a partial refund

• Danish: toldgodtgørelse c
• Finnish: palautus (fi)
• French: drawback (fr) m
• German: Zollrückvergütung f
• Spanish: reintegro (es) m, drawback m (anglicism)

inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette

Anagrams

• backward

French

Noun

drawback m (plural drawbacks)

1. drawback (disadvantage)
2. drawback (partial refund)

Further reading

• “drawback”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.