drawback

UK: /ˈdrɔːbæk/ US: /ˈdrɔˌbæk/ ,(drô′bak′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

draw•back /ˈdrɔˌbæk/   n. [countable]

1. an undesirable feature;
   disadvantage:
   The cost was one of the drawbacks.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

draw•back  (drô′bak′), n. 

1. a hindrance or disadvantage;
   an undesirable or objectionable feature.
2. Business [Com.] an amount paid back from a charge made.
3. Government a refund of tariff or other tax, as when imported goods are reexported.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase draw back 1610–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

drawback / ˈdrɔːˌbæk/ noun

1. a disadvantage or hindrance
2. a refund of customs or excise duty paid on goods that are being exported or used in the production of manufactured exports

verb draw back (intr, adverb) often followed by from:

1. to retreat; move backwards
2. to turn aside from an undertaking