Definition of Drawback

Drawback

A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.

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.

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Drawback Quotations

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
Baruch Spinoza

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.
Christopher Fry

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.
Joseph Epstein

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.
Bill Griffith

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.
John Philip Sousa

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.
Jonathan Coe

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.
Allison Janney

The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.
Adrian Belew

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
Katharine Fullerton Gerould

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.
John Knowles

The greatest drawback in making pictures is the fact that film makers have to eat.
Ray Milland

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Drawback Translations

drawback in German is Nachteil
drawback in Italian is pregiudizio
drawback in Spanish is perjudicio

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