liability
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5.7
- noun
- /ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
- In our team meetings, her negative attitude was often seen as a liability that hindered progress.
- become a liability
- viewed as a liability
- a political liability
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Watch on YouTubeThat is kind of fallible thinking and a huge liability.
- That is kind of fallible thinking and a huge liability.
- So I would say, you know, be an asset and not a liability.
- So I, I, the point is, I my cars are liabilities.
- And in fact, whether you're a young girl definitely and some young boys, being knowledgeable is a liability in your social life.
- Like I have all of these liabilities or these perceptions of a ceiling.
- You just want more liability, You want more expense, you want more stress.
- And as far as I'm concerned, that makes you a lazy fuck who's a liability to humanity.
Examples
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However, a boss who cannot see the future becomes a liability to everyone concerned.
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A question of holding his own then, not being a liability, not making dumb mistakes, playing tough D.
Fiction book (2002) -
Could it be a liability instead of an asset?
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Not only is it wrong, but it's just like it opens them up to personal liability in a huge huge way.
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My whole life, those things were a liability.
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Yeah, Dad used to think I'd be a political liability... ...you know, in case he ever ran for president.
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The same applies to other drivers, who are a major liability to the safety and lives of other drivers.
Academic text (2017) -
At least with the benefit or liability of hindsight, such seems to be the case.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a businessman, you gotta limit your liabilities.
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In spite of these external and internal liabilities, political and economic cooperation expanded.
Academic text (1992)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
10
5.1
Total amount of tax a person or business must pay to the government
- Specialized
9
4.4
Owners are responsible for a company's debts only up to the money they invested
- Specialized
8
3.7
A plan that pays money when you hurt other people or damage their things
- Specialized
1
8.6
A possible future payment a business may have to make if an event happens
- Formal
1
5.9
Two or more people are each responsible for the same debt and may have to pay it
How Disadvantageous
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Etymology
Liability originally meant 'something that binds' you, so it came to mean a 'burden' or thing that holds you back. That's why a personal fault can be a liability at work — it makes things harder for you.