downside
IPA: dˈaʊnsaɪd
noun
- A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
- A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.
- The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward.
- A number of places in England:
- A southern suburb of Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0320).
- A suburb of Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV5999).
- A hamlet in Chilcompton parish, Mendip district, Somerset, near Downside Abbey and Downside School (OS grid ref ST6450).
- A small village in Shepton Mallet parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6244).
- A small village in Backwell parish, North Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4966).
- A small village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ1158).
- A rural community in the City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
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Examples of "downside" in Sentences
- The men expatiated the downside of the road.
- The downside is cost and impersonal treatment.
- The downside of carbon nanofibres is the high cost.
- The downside is the need to maintain the spin coherence.
- The downside of the story is the use of witchcraft and magic.
- The downside is that it lessens the personal side of welcoming.
- The downside to this was that it made the page excessively long.
- The downside is that the tilapia is very susceptible to diseases.
- The downside is that the agriculture and manufacturing is decreasing.
- On the downside, this does magnify the chronological gaps of knowledge.