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drawback
/ˈdɹɔˌbæk/
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What does drawback mean?
noun
- A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
- A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
- The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.
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IPA pronunciation
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He was unable to make practical experiments, and thus failed to perceive the one insuperable drawback to his project--of which more anon.
They have obtained likewise the drawback of two-thirds of the excise duties imposed upon their commodity, even when exported without further manufacture.
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This is a serious drawback, as it curtails the freedom of decision, to which a player should be entitled in any game.
At the same time, and barring that slight drawback, I am bound to testify that he was the perfect model of a client.
It was a drawback upon his dignity that he was obliged to take down the shutters, sweep the store and make the fire.