main drawback

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meaningsofmainanddrawback

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/
us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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drawback
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdrɔː.bæk/
us
/ˈdrɑː.bæk/
a disadvantage or the negative part of ...
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(Definition ofmainanddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmain drawback

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Such a poor resolution in the ver tical direction is actually themaindrawbackof using the scheme presented to per form monochromatic imaging.
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Themaindrawbackis, however, a smaller workspace.
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Themaindrawbackof the method is trying to align the electroblot with the gel to see which spot has been recognized.
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Themaindrawbackin that research was that they had to do only negative screening.
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Themaindrawbackof this approach has traditionally been performance.
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The collection'smaindrawbackis the uneven degree of contextualisation among its chapters.
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Itsmaindrawbackis the fact that there must always exist a collision free path between the initial and final configurations of the robot.
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Themaindrawbackof this approach is the lack of programmer control over how values get pickled.
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Themaindrawbackof this approach is the maintenance, consistency, and evolutability of the knowledge base.
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Themaindrawbackof the traditional methods is their computational complexity.
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Themaindrawbackis that optimization is context-free.
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Themaindrawbackof the book is that it takes quite a lot for granted, even though it is explicitly intended for absolute beginners.
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Themaindrawbackis that the authors have attempted too much.
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Themaindrawbackof this approach is that it requires a large amount of work to represent each considered domain.
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Themaindrawbackof these approaches is the cost associated with tagging a corpus in such a way.
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Itsmaindrawbackis the high computational requirements needed to update the distribution.
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The algorithmic complexity is themaindrawbackof this method.
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Themaindrawbackof the traditional methods of gait generation is their high computational load.
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However, themaindrawbackis the lack of manoeuvrability of the transvaginal probe.
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Themaindrawbackis that the scheme really only samples the sky.
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