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Because the C Programming language leaves the responsibility for memory allocation and pointers entirely with the programmer, the disadvantage of linked lists over some other linear data structures (such as arrays) is that the bear a risk or memory leaks and invalid pointers. The fact that the size of a linked list is generally not deterministic is also commonly viewed a disadvantage over statically linked linear containers (e.g. arrays) in some systems, primarily in embedded systems.

Compared to containers of higher order (such as trees or hash tables), search operations in a linked list are generally slower.

Compared to a double linked list, removal and insertion of items (except head and tail) is generally more expensive.

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