| Main Entry: | disadvantage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, trouble |
Synonyms: |
adverse circumstance, bar, blocking, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, discommodity, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, inutility, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block, weak point, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, good fortune |
| Main Entry: | downside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a negative aspect of a situation |
Synonyms: |
defect, disadvantage, drawback, fault, flaw, inconvenience, minus, problem, trouble |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do not have |
Synonyms: |
be deficient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for, minus, miss, need, not got, out, require, too little too late, want |
Antonyms: |
have |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, debt |
Synonyms: |
IOU, account, arrear, arrearage, bad news, baggage, balance, bite*, chance, chit, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, lease, loan, millstone, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab |
Antonyms: |
asset |
| Concept: | Liability. |
| Category: | 4. Indirect Power |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
liability, liableness; possibility, contingency; susceptivity, susceptibility.
-verbs
be liable; incur, lay oneself open to; run the chance, stand a chance; lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to.
-adjectives
liable, subject; in danger; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from; apt to; dependent on; incident to., contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of.
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