Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The lower side or portion.
- n. A disadvantageous aspect: an option with a downside as well as benefits.
- n. A downward tendency, as in the price of a stock.
Wiktionary
- n. A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
- n. A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc
WordNet 3.0
- n. a negative aspect of something that is generally positive
Etymologies
- Compound of down + side. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The main downside is a stiff wind from the northwest that has gusted as high as 30 to 35 mph during the day.”
“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.”
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“The short term downside downside is nothing compaired to the passage of this legislation.”
“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.”
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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.”
“- 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.”
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“And the downside is the same: an ossified repertoire.”
“Then decide whether this downside is a deterrent or something you could cope with.”
“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.”
“The downside is that certain segments of law enforcement seem to regard the mere act of encrypting an email as evidence of criminal or even terrorist intent.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘downside’.
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all sides
sidecar, sidekick, sided, sidelong, sider, sideline, sidewise, sideways, sidetrack, sideslip, sidestep, sidepiece and 103 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Tourism Department. Unit 4
expansion, takeover, reach, challenge, holidaymakers, profit, saturation, profitability, significant, sign, signature, increasingly and 16 more...
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Killjoy et al
Namely, compounds consisting of a verb with a direct object immediately after it, without inflection
killjoy, lickspigot, quakebuttock, throttlebottom, scattergood, scapegrace, swillbowl, tosspot, breakfast, cutthroat, pickpocket, dreadnought and 84 more...
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Tourism Department. Unit 4
takeover, merger, reach, profit, challenge, holidaymakers, saturation, profitability, significant, sign, signature, success and 36 more...
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hard to sense
somewhat, somewhere, elsewhere, whereby, likewise, spite, ever, along, otherwise, whatever, whichever, hitherto and 116 more...
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June4thDF
liable, liability, subtle, impart, used, themes, thesis, rosy, downside, sanguine, inexorable
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