disadvantages
Points against something
Disadvantages are unfavorable conditions or drawbacks that put someone or something at a relative weakness: The disadvantages of rural living include limited access to healthcare.
To disadvantage someone is to place them in an unfavorable position: The new policy disadvantages small businesses.
Often paired with advantages in weighing decisions: We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each option.
Downsides or inmates
- downsidesNegative consequences or aspects
- negativesUnfavorable aspects or refusals
- shortcomingsInadequacies or weak points
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
detriments · liabilities · inconveniences · trade-offs · compromises · pitfalls · setbacks · penalties
Things blocking access
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
- hindrancesThings that obstruct progress
- obstaclesThings in the way
- blockadesBarriers preventing passage
restrictions · constraints · limitations · deterrents · roadblocks · hurdles · complications · difficulties
Deficiency in force
- frailtyWeakness of body
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- fragilityEase of breaking
deficiency · inadequacy · flaw · imperfection · shortcoming · liability · chink · gap
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- strainExcessive stretching force
- pressureForce upon contact
- onusResponsibility one bears
liability · obligation · millstone · albatross · yoke · deadweight · encumbrance · hardship
Measurable difference between things
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
prejudice · marginalization · exclusion · deprivation · poverty · oppression · injustice · hardship
cons
Downsides or inmates
- downsidesNegative consequences or aspects
- negativesUnfavorable aspects or refusals
- shortcomingsInadequacies or weak points
limitations · detriments · liabilities · inconveniences · trade-offs · compromises · pitfalls · setbacks · penalties · deficits
barriers
Things blocking access
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
- hindrancesThings that obstruct progress
- obstaclesThings in the way
blockades · restrictions · constraints · limitations · deterrents · roadblocks · hurdles · complications · difficulties · stumbling-blocks
weakness
Deficiency in force
- frailtyWeakness of body
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
fragility · deficiency · inadequacy · flaw · imperfection · shortcoming · liability · chink · gap · limitation
weight
Measure of heaviness
onus · liability · obligation · millstone · albatross · yoke · deadweight · encumbrance · hardship · toll
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
bias · prejudice · marginalization · exclusion · deprivation · poverty · oppression · injustice · hardship · barriers
- comparative analysiscontrast, comparison, benchmark, ranking, rating
- Comparison Termssimilarities, differences, comparisons, contrasts, pros
- pros and conspros, cons, pluses, minuses, benefit
- GURPSadvantages, attributes, skills, critical success, critical failure
disadvantagesadvantages
Favorable factors or conditions
edges · competitive advantages · upper hand · leg up · head start
- disadvantaged groupsPeople lacking equal access
disadvantage, disadvantaged, disadvantageous, disadvantaging, disadvantageously