major disadvantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddisadvantage
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajoranddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themajordisadvantageis complexity; an inference algorithm is necessarily less abstract than a set of inference rules.
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The book has amajordisadvantagetoo, because it alienates the less able students.
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This frequency - more than one a month - was seen by the residents' family members and friends as amajordisadvantageof the age-clustered living environment.
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Amajordisadvantageof the experimental studies is that the procedural nuances can affect the results.
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Relative progression of stenosis may occur, however, and the inability for re-expansion is amajordisadvantageof this stent.
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Itsmajordisadvantageis the possible existence of local minima and the oscillations for certain configurations of obstacles.
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Themajordisadvantageof clamping methods is that they require access to more than one surface of the workpiece for gripping to occur.
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Themajordisadvantageof standardized assessments is that they have not been designed to relate to clinical interventions.
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Amajordisadvantageof legume crops is the high labour requirement for handweeding and hand-harvesting, the latter usually requiring paid labour.
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Themajordisadvantageto workers of participation in traditional defined benefit plans is the lack of portability of the pension benefits.
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Themajordisadvantageof anthelminthics is that although they rapidly reduce morbidity and prevalence, they only slowly influence the incidence of infection.
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Themajordisadvantageof the panicle array is that it is difficult to interpret visually.
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Amajordisadvantageof the method is the assumption that the record has been kept conscientiously, especially in those situations where keeping such records is not usual.
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Amajordisadvantageof flathead engines is that the exhaust follows a more complicated path through the block to leave the engine leading to overheating under sustained heavy use.
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Fortunately, the authors have decided not to present their empirical results in country-by-country chapters, as amajordisadvantageof such structure can be that comparative analysis receives relatively little attention.
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Increased workload was discussed by district nurses as a 'majordisadvantage', an 'extra burden' and 'adding that responsibility onto district nurses who are already seeing to the person's physical well-being'.
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The combination of an autistic lack of social interest, together with little or no language, can be seen as amajordisadvantagein a world of other people.
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