Downside Meaning
/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
nounA downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.
Sentence Examples
The downside, well, it's how thoroughly work gets mixed up with my private life.
Being handsome also has its downside.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of living in the city is the high cost of housing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____, well, it's how thoroughly work gets mixed up with my private life.
Word Origin & History
Compound of down + side.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of living in the city is the high cost of housing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____, well, it's how thoroughly work gets mixed up with my private life.