drawbacks

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Drawbacks might include unanticipated difficulties in scaling up the technology and unintended adverse consequences, such as the enhancement of populations of some toxic phytoplankton species by ocean iron fertilization8.

From Nature • Jun. 10, 2019

In June, he sat down and made a document he called Bizarro World Benefits and Drawbacks.

From New York Times • May 11, 2017

Drawbacks come with every solution, and it is difficult to fuse the best combination at an acceptable price.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2016

Drawbacks included the occasional ink apocalypse, and the fact that clattering biros could alert even the sleepiest teacher.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2013

Drawbacks on the importation of, from England, 204.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain