drawback

What it means

1. A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.

   Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.

   1 more example

   there was no one real drawback to her flutter of excitement and happy anticipation

   1820, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 121, page 526

   Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, malefit · Antonyms: benefit, advantage, boon

2. A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.

   East-India goods, not specifically and particularly rated, are to be liable to duties and drawbacks on the value, to be taken by the gross price at the company's public sales.

   1796, David Steel, New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties payable, and drawbacks allowed, on goods, wares, and merchandises..., page 5

3. The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.

   ‘I wanta learn to do the drawback better than Swiftie.’

   1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 123

In a sentence

Poor fuel economy is a common drawback among larger vehicles.

Where it comes from

From draw + back. Compare setback.