significant drawback

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantanddrawback

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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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 ofsignificantanddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant drawback

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The mostsignificantdrawbackof these methods is that reliable features can only be found when the object occupies a significant part of the image.
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Asignificantdrawbackof the method is that it cannot distinguish metabolically active from dormant or even dead cells.
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Asignificantdrawbackof linear interpolatory schemes is the lack of shape-preservation properties.
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Moreover, gains of the two controllers cannot be chosen independently which is asignificantdrawback in the usefulness of this theorem and the stability analysis of the contact problem.
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Asignificantdrawbackof ownership type systems is that they require an overhaul of the language and force programmers to be aware of object ownership throughout their design.
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Onesignificantdrawbackof these studies is that the empirical results obtained suffer from selection bias, since the samples in these studies differ from the population in general.
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Fourthly, there is asignificantdrawbackunder the statutory sick pay arrangements.
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Remoteness of control is asignificantdrawbackto any form of nationalisation.
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Industry leaders also warned of asignificantdrawbackin privatisation legislation that would make the water authorities much less attractive to investors.
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That is anothersignificantdrawbackthat allows selective editing to take place.
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Processing the film took some minutes but this was not asignificantdrawbackbecause artillery batteries did not move very frequently.
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The new machine was able to type upper and lowercase characters, thus remedying asignificantdrawbackof its predecessor.
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Asignificantdrawbackis that the very small size makes it very easy to misplace.
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They have thesignificantdrawbackin only being able to capture a selected subset of microscopic fields for off-site evaluation.
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One of the benefits of hammock camping, however, can also be asignificantdrawback.
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However, asignificantdrawbackof such devices is that, as the number of realizable functions increases, an increasing number of clocking regions is required.
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Clearly, there remain significant drawbacks to the systemic use of cytokines or their antagonists.
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It quickly became clear, however, that there were significant drawbacks inherent in the new system.
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It suffers from at least two significant drawbacks.
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