Except for the rather obvious disadvantage of no longer actually owning your home or benefiting from future rises in its price.

The obvious disadvantage was that shunting made the passenger timetable a work of fiction.

The obvious disadvantage to the barge system would be interference with navigation and recreational use of the waterway.

The obvious disadvantage was that staying in jail represented a quantum leap in commitment above the old barrier of arrest, lock-up, and bail-out.

The decline in average wages and spending that come with the temp boom has obvious disadvantages for a country attempting to lift itself out of recession.