disadvantage

Definition

A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.

Etymology

From Middle English disavauntage, from Old French desavantage.

Example Sentences

• "The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere."
• "One of the disadvantages of increasing intermediate stops is that, as we have pointed out already, certain prestige trains have to suffer, notably the "Cornish Riviera Express", slowed 15min to Plymouth by stops at Taunton and Exeter; the "Torbay Express", decelerated 18min by stops at Reading, Westbury, Taunton and Newton Abbot; and the "Bristolian", which adds 14min in order to allow for a Bath stop and an increased load."
• "My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves."