serious drawback

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddrawback

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousanddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious drawback

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Given that the citizens hardly distinguished between the two versions at all, this is hardly aseriousdrawback.
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For some of the papers this is aseriousdrawback.
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This is aseriousdrawback, as the proper search window size is commonly not known in advance.
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However, the need for a foreign pulmonary valve with limited longevity is aseriousdrawback.
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The mostseriousdrawback, however, relates to the long production time of the volume.
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This is a veryseriousdrawbackthat calls for extreme caution if applying these techniques.
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But that is aseriousdrawbackin my mind.
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However, from the user's point of view, aseriousdrawbackof this approach is that the dialogues resulting from such interactions tend to feel rather unnatural.
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Anotherseriousdrawbackin assessing the sustainability of pension systems is the use of age group ratios, rather than claimant\\contributor ratios, probably due to the latter's unavailability.
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There was aseriousdrawbackto his proposal, however: a flat rate contribution was far too harsh on persons of low income, especially rural but also urban workers.
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There was oneseriousdrawback, and there were two substantial advantages.
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That is a real hardship, and one can find a very large number of cases like that where nationality is aseriousdrawback.
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We believe that to be aseriousdrawbackand it is a matter to which chief officers of police attach great importance.
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There are many other variations upon those systems, but they all have the sameseriousdrawback.
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Anotherseriousdrawbackis that there is no attempt of any sort or kind of planning of the agricultural industry.
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Thatseriousdrawbackis vastly accentuated instead of being mitigated, as has been the desire of everyone who has any knowledge of the disadvantages entailed.
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Anotherseriousdrawbackof the present regulations is that they are impossible to enforce.
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The lack of constructive training in overcrowded men's prisons is aseriousdrawbackto the ethos and reason for sending people to prison.
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Oneseriousdrawbackin the present system is that only one copy of each company file is available.
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However, it would also exclude substances which might be produced for development in substantial quantities, and this could be considered to be aseriousdrawback.
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