drawback

[draw-bak] /ˈdrɔˌbæk/
noun
1.
a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
2.
Commerce. an amount paid back from a charge made.
3.
Government. a refund of tariff or other tax, as when imported goods are reexported.
Origin
1610-20; noun use of verb phrase draw back
Examples from the web for drawback
  • The drawback of lasers is their tendency to heat surfaces, which would harm the gilding.
  • The extreme inequality in the distribution of income remains a major drawback.
  • These costs are now dropping, he added, but sticker shock remains a drawback.
  • Though they use less electricity than conventional lights, one drawback is their sensitivity to temperature.
  • The drawback to a meritocracy and expanding choices is that it tends to concentrate good and bad.
  • One drawback to this kind of schedule is that not everyone would come to the first day of the meeting.
  • Strong and lightweight, the metal also had one crucial drawback: it could not be worked by hammering, the way iron could.
  • Another drawback of allergy tests is that they can give false negatives as well as false positives.
  • But artificial life's great advantage is also its biggest drawback: it all happens inside a computer.
  • The drawback is that they store much less energy than batteries--typically, an order of magnitude less.
British Dictionary definitions for drawback

drawback

/ˈdrɔːˌbæk/
noun
1.
a disadvantage or hindrance
2.
a refund of customs or excise duty paid on goods that are being exported or used in the production of manufactured exports
verb (intransitive, adverb) often foll by from
3.
to retreat; move backwards
4.
to turn aside from an undertaking
Word Origin and History for drawback
n.

"hindrance, disadvantage,"1720, from draw (v.) + back (adv.). The notion is of something that "holds back" success or activity.