drawback

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Being married and enrolled in Medicare has benefits and drawbacks.

From MarketWatch

Washington has several options to acquire control over the territory but each has steep drawbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

A potential drawback, however, is that heavy crude does not flow easily and needs to be thinned out by blending it with light oils or solvents for processing.

From MarketWatch

Inflation risk is a genuine drawback of traditional fixed annuities, which pay a level nominal income that steadily loses purchasing power.

From The Wall Street Journal

While manufactured homes have drawbacks, buying one will technically fulfill your desire to be a homeowner, which isn’t nothing.

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