downside
the lower side or part.
a downward trend, especially in stock prices.
a discouraging or negative aspect.
of or involving a decline, especially in stock prices: The downside risk on this stock is considered far greater than the potential for gain.
Origin of downside
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How to use downside in a sentence
One of the downsides of landfills is that it is difficult to do anything with them once they have served their purpose.
Just as there are clear upsides to these types of proactive efforts in the corporate sector, there are downsides to not doing so.
As the Paltrow and Theron blunders prove, being “out of touch” clearly has its downsides.
Dear Charlize Theron and Gwyneth Paltrow: Googling Yourself Isn’t “Rape” or “War” | Marlow Stern | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThink about it: Exactly who is going to pony up the money to study the downsides of eating eggplants?
Anything acknowledgment of potential downsides to a policy must be rebutted fiercely.
Democrats Can’t Accept the Trade Off of a Job-Killing Minimum Wage | Kristen Soltis Anderson | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for downside
/ (ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd) /
the disadvantageous aspect of a situation: the downside of twentieth-century living
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