potential disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialanddisadvantage

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/
us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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disadvantage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/
us
/ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things ...
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(Definition ofpotentialanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Apotentialdisadvantageof the study was the use of different case finding instruments at the two ages.
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Onepotentialdisadvantageof this solution is that it becomes much harder for a dataflow analysis to accurately determine the destinations with which the parent might fill these holes.
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Apotentialdisadvantageof tapered fibre optics is that some distortion is usually introduced in the manufacturing process, which involves heating and stretching bundles of fibres.
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Of course, apotentialdisadvantageof this simple device is that lists, unlike sets, can contain duplicates, so the same expression might be generated more than once.
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It is fair to argue and it is fair to demonstrate that there is apotentialdisadvantagein the taking of emergency powers.
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No one would disagree that farmers have been at apotentialdisadvantageand would continue to be if the system of subsidy continued.
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Does he understand that some of us are concerned about thepotentialdisadvantageof a policy that is based on even more choice?
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Apotentialdisadvantageis that adopting standard processes can lead to a loss of competitive advantage.
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Apotentialdisadvantageis that centro ripens unevenly, which makes it hard to harvest mechanically, and it is therefore mostly harvested by hand.
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One otherpotentialdisadvantageof micro-ultrasound is that the targeted microbubble contrast agents can not diffuse out of vasculature, even in tumors.
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Onepotentialdisadvantageof multicasting is the loss of video on demand functionality.
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This protection has itspotentialdisadvantageif the price of the stock increases.
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Thepotentialdisadvantageof this method is that you always have to give preference for one suit or other, and you may not want any switch in particular.
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Onepotentialdisadvantageis that the two teams with the best records in a conference could play each other before the conference championship if they are in the same division.
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Notwithstanding the attractiveness of the technique, it does have potential disadvantages.
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The responses reveal that there is a range of both advantages and potential disadvantages for students.
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Despite these potential disadvantages, cardiopulmonary bypass is becoming much safer in the young patient due to our improved understanding of its effects.
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Apotentialdisadvantageof leaving the -ester unreacted is that in addition to being hydrolyzable, it can also epimerize to the energetically more favorable trans configuration.
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However, these potential disadvantages should be confronted with the possible benefits of forward vertical integration.
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The major potential disadvantages of any injection technique are failed sclerosis and passage of sclerosant material into the circulation of the pump twin.
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