drawback

[ draw-bak ]

/ ˈdrɔˌbæk /

a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.

Commerce. an amount paid back from a charge made.

Government. a refund of tariff or other tax, as when imported goods are reexported.

Origin of drawback

First recorded in 1610–20; noun use of verb phrase draw back

The drawback was that the terrain in front of Bradley made success very costly.

Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day |James Jones |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A drawback in a comedy program, you might say, but one that actually attests to the radical departure the series represented.

Why You're Wrong About Monty Python |Tom Doran |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But maybe too much talent would be wasted, or even a drawback or distraction, in calling Bill Gates to mind.

Is This Art? |Blake Gopnik |May 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Four percent of women who gave birth at age 40 or over cite "the disapproval of others" as a drawback to being an older mom.

Carla Bruni, Pregnant at 43? |Anneli Rufus |April 28, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The only drawback is the restroom outside at the restaurant near the skiing facilities.

Vail, Colorado: Skier's Paradise |Jolie Hunt |January 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The distance, and the fact of the church being in a slum, he maintained, would not be in itself a drawback.

Evelyn Innes |George Moore
Whatever you may think, you young men, it is a drawback for a man when he marries a fool.

Hester, Volume 2 (of 3) |Margaret Oliphant
The only drawback to writing about California is that scenery and climate—and weather even—will creep in.

The Native Son |Inez Haynes Irwin
There was only one drawback; Kathleen could not go to the station.

The Old Pincushion |Mrs. Molesworth
The one drawback was the long-drawn darkness of the winter night.

Christopher Crayon's Recollections |J. Ewing Ritchie

drawback

/ (ˈdrɔːˌbæk) /

a disadvantage or hindrance

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

to retreat; move backwards

to turn aside from an undertaking