downside

CEFRB2

/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
The negative part or disadvantage of something.
02
noun
Extra detail
A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

Examples

The downside, well, it's how thoroughly work gets mixed up with my private life.
Being handsome also has its downside.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward.
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

In context

The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected.
Hazardous and nuclear waste came to represent the downside of industrial prosperity.
The downside of being snaggle-toothed is that you whistle through them and people can't understand what you're talking about.

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Hazardous and nuclear waste came to represent the downside of industrial prosperity.
1998, Hal Rothman, Gerald W. Nash, Richard W. Etulain, The Greening of a Nation?:, page 136
The downside of being snaggle-toothed is that you whistle through them and people can't understand what you're talking about.
2000, Zvonimir Balog, Nice Manners, Or, How Can I Avoid Growing Up to be a Twit, page 200
The downside of using acid gas for enhanced oil recovery is that the incremental produced oil contains H₂S and has to be desulphurized.
2005, Edward S. Rubin, Greenhouse Gas Control TechnologiesGreenhouse Gas Control Technologies, page 456
The strategy is used both to increase the return on the underlying stock and to provide a limited amount of downside protection.
1987, Information Circular
I could go all the way back to 1982 and I'm sure the effects of the expiration will be even more exacerbated on the downside of the spread.
1994, The Review of Futures Markets - Volume 13, Issues 1-2, page 112

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Compound of down + side.