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  • noun Plural form of downside.

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Examples

  • One of the downsides is that it requires a free computer.

    Move Your iTunes Library To An External Hard Drive | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • One of the downsides is that as it becomes more popular there are more high quality people using twitter.

    Twitter’s Tipping Point 2009

  • Yglesias and Klein have focused on some of the downsides from a liberal [...]

    Matthew Yglesias » Revisiting Paul Ryan 2010

  • One of the downsides is that the rest of the crew is not as fleshed out as Geralt and usually cross the threshold of stereotypical by a fair margin, although if I'm honest this didn't bother me all too much as Sapkowski compensates elsewhere in abundance.

    Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish (Book Review) 2008

  • One of the downsides is that the rest of the crew is not as fleshed out as Geralt and usually cross the threshold of stereotypical by a fair margin, although if I'm honest this didn't bother me all too much as Sapkowski compensates elsewhere in abundance.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • One of the downsides is that people with no passion for technology but truckloads of it for money will be trying to gain money at an expense of a technie-vision.

    The New ‘Odd Couple’: Microsoft and Icahn - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I'm lovin 'our new HDTV, but one of the downsides is that I find myself flipping through HD shows that I normally wouldn't bother with.

    Anyone Watching Dead Like Me? 2007

  • I'm lovin 'our new HDTV, but one of the downsides is that I find myself flipping through HD shows that I normally wouldn't bother with.

    January 2007 2007

  • There are also serious near-term downsides to a mission that ties the civilian capability to the Defense mission.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • "bamboozled" by what he called downsides to McCain's health care proposals.

    News24 2008

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