obvious drawback
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobviousanddrawback
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obvious
adjective
uk/ˈɒb.vi.əs/us/ˈɑːb.vi.əs/
easy to see, recognize, ...
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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 ofobviousanddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofobvious drawback
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Theobviousdrawbackof this, however, is the increased computational cost.
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This is anobviousdrawbackas evolution and competition take place at this level rather than at the family level.
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While the requirement for expensive hardware is anobviousdrawback, the approach still guarantees finding the maximally similar cases by performing an exhaustive memory search.
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Anobviousdrawbackof the backed-off model is that comparing probabilities produced by various other stages is inappropriate.
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Theobviousdrawbackto wireless microphones is the radio unit, which would need to stay attached to the dancer through her various contortions.
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Theobviousdrawbackof this specification is the exclusive impact of income changes on working age consumption.
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However, the suggestion has anobviousdrawback.
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There was oneobviousdrawback.
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Being so concise is advantageous in some situations, such as teaching and formal reasoning, but it has theobviousdrawbackthat it cannot describe much of libraries.
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Linking allocations with specific economic objectives may be injurious, and short-termism is anobviousdrawback.
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There is oneobviousdrawback.
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Theobviousdrawbackto weighted keels are the added weight when carrying decoys for long distances.
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The mostobviousdrawbackis the risk of blowing highlights without realizing it.
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Theobviousdrawbackto this system is the cost of storing multiple versions of objects in the database.
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However, codification has the obvious drawbacks related to fixity in time.
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There are two obvious drawbacks, however, with this strict numeric approach.
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It is a course which, as we see tonight, has two obvious drawbacks.
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There are obvious drawbacks to that, as we arc now realising.
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Apart from the obvious drawbacks, the new system will discriminate among different groups of people on grounds of percentage loss of faculty.
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