Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lower side or portion.
- noun A disadvantageous aspect.
- noun A downward tendency, as in the price of a stock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
disadvantageous aspect of something that is normallyadvantageous . - noun A
downward tendency , especially in theprice ofshares etc
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a negative aspect of something that is generally positive
Etymologies
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Examples
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The main downside is a stiff wind from the northwest that has gusted as high as 30 to 35 mph during the day.
PM Update: Quiet and cool Friday night Ian Livingston 2010
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The main downside is some temporary muscle tenderness in the injection sites and the arguably more painful financial burden of the shot series, which comes to an estimated $1,500 per individual.
How the Rabies Epidemic Is Affecting Deer and Other Wildlife 2004
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The short term downside downside is nothing compaired to the passage of this legislation.
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It offers a lot more functionality in a more convenient package – the downside is the potential for a lot of application switching following links out.
iPhone Twitter App Review: Twittelator v. Twitterrific : #comments 2008
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Perhaps a downside is the fact that the novel plays out pretty much as expected with no real surprises, just revelations that add to the experience and general feeling of the novel.
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- Creative people are less likely to take huge financial risks with their money, especially if they are yet to strike it big, so the downside is also not that bad.
New artists, and creativity vs. the financial crisis « One Size Fits One 2008
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And the downside is the same: an ossified repertoire.
Archive 2007-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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And the downside is the same: an ossified repertoire.
I would've settled for pawning one of them shoes Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Then decide whether this downside is a deterrent or something you could cope with.
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The main downside is that there is increased complexity in your CSS since you can’t just place an image, you place this big image and then you need to add sizing and coordinate information to pull just the right piece of the master image out at each point.
zc0000 commented on the word downside
While this works fine, there are two downsides of it:
April 8, 2010