drawback

See also: draw back

English

draw +‎ back

drawback (plural drawbacks)

A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.

a disadvantage

Belarusian: недахо́п m (njedaxóp)
Bulgarian: пре́чка (bg) f (préčka), затрудне́ние (bg) n (zatrudnénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 缺點 (zh), 缺点 (zh) (quēdiǎn)
Czech: nevýhoda (cs) f, zápor m
Finnish: haitta (fi), haittapuoli, varjopuoli, huono puoli
French: inconvénient (fr) m, désavantage (fr)
Georgian: უარყოფითი მხარე (uarq̇opiti mxare), ხარვეზი (xarvezi), ნაკლი (ka) (naḳli), წუნი (c̣uni)
German: Nachteil (de) m
Hungarian: hátrány (hu), hátulütő (hu)
Italian: svantaggio (it) m
Japanese: 欠点 (ja) (けってん, ketten)
Korean: 결점 (ko) (gyeoljeom)

a partial refund

Spanish: devolución de los impuestos de importación a los exportadores f, drawback m (anglicism)

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