English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “drawback”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for drawback is draw-back, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
draw-back
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result draw-back The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Worddrawback
Hyphenationdraw-back
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈdrɔˌbæk/
Meaning & usage

What does “drawback” mean?

drawback: A feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem.

Headworddrawback
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈdrɔˌbæk/
1
noun

A feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem.

Example: “the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost”

Synonyms:
catch disadvantage downside hitch pitfall snag fly in the ointment stumbling block
2
noun

An amount of excise or import duty remitted on imported goods that the importer re-exports rather than sells domestically.

Example: “they had been complaining of difficulties in getting quick reimbursement of duty drawback”

Word breaks

How “drawback” is split

draw·back

For US English, the hyphenation result is draw-back. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “drawback”

How do you hyphenate “drawback”?

In the US-English result used here, drawback is hyphenated as draw-back.

Where can “drawback” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “drawback” mean?

A feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem.

Can you use “drawback” in a sentence?

“the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost”

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