major drawback
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddrawback
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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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drawback
noun[C]
uk/ˈdrɔː.bæk/us/ˈdrɑː.bæk/
a disadvantage or the negative part of ...
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(Definition ofmajoranddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor drawback
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Themajordrawbackof parallel robots is their limited range of motion.
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Themajordrawbackof this method is that it will only cover words explicitly listed in the dictionary.
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Themajordrawbackof this approach is that the models of lexical processing and eye-movement control are likely to be oversimplified and/ or incomplete.
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Amajordrawbackof the technique is that only the elastic pulmonary arteries are accessible to current ultrasound catheters.
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Themajordrawbackis that it takes many particles (and thus much computer time) to ensure a realistic statistical description.
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However, themajordrawbackof immunoblot analysis is that the procedure is relatively cumbersome and requires an appropriately equipped laboratory.
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This has been amajordrawbackfor a more general acceptance of the philosophy of extreme hemodilution during bypass.
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This is amajordrawbackof the mathematical approach related to sample space.
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Themajordrawbackis that antibodies are present at considerably lower concentrations in oral fluid and so require particularly sensitive assays.
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These agents are relatively ineffective, have negative environmental impacts and the emergence of biocide-resistant bacteria represents amajordrawbackin their use.
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Themajordrawbackof this design is the uncertainty as to how long the subjects need to be observed to determine the outcome.
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However, since the reflectometer in question is intended to be a position in the plasma, this is not amajordrawback.
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However, amajordrawbackconcerning these networks is that they take a long time to train.
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However, as the authors point out themselves, themajordrawbackis that users are reluctant to give bad ratings to their trading partners.
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Amajordrawbackin many call center models is assuming customers to be infinitely patient.
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However, amajordrawbackis that nonviral vectors achieve very low transduction efficiency and only transient expression and, therefore, are not suitable for human therapy.
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As indicated earlier, themajordrawbackwith this method is its extensive use of computer time.
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However, the fact that these choice-points are shared is amajordrawbackfor a distributed implementation of copying.
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Amajordrawbackwas due to the cost of treating skeletal-related events.
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