"apparent downside" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It usually refers to a potential disadvantage or negative aspect of a situation or decision that is easily seen or understood. Example: The new policy may have some benefits, but its apparent downside is the increased cost for consumers.
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The most apparent downside of his legacy is material scarcity.
The only apparent downside to Dinka tradition is the custom of abstaining from sex before marriage.
But they're not going to complain, because they don't want to be the next 25%."Another apparent downside to downsizing is the loss of a company's innovative ability.
But in the hothouse of this perverse campaign, there is no apparent downside to being as demagogic or extremist as Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
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But to its devotees, such apparent downsides are all part of the fun.
An unlikely, decadelong journey that began with the discovery of a rapidly aging mouse has led scientists to a protein that seems to protect animals from cancer and other scourges of old age with no apparent downsides.
There are some apparent downsides to generous work-leave policies, the Cornell researchers point out.
Unlike some liberal imperialists, whose rhetoric has become wilder and wilder as history has become less and less sympathetic to their case, Ignatieff's tone is always measured, his argument intelligent, his willingness to recognise its downside apparent.
The downside becomes apparent when the parties to the bedroom activities are no longer friends and the events were recorded on the iPhone.
The downside (which became apparent on a side trip to the much poorer, independent sister islands of Western Samoa) is that the islanders seem to take a certain comfort level for granted, even though the infrastructure needs more attention.
The downside, made more apparent over 500-plus pages, is that it can also be flippant, overcute (especially in endings), lazy and unresistant, with a preponderance of passive verbs and spritzing of vague positive adjectives.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com