shortcoming

Meaning

A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

Synonyms

defect

flaw

deficiency

fault

lack

shortage

drawback

imperfection

absence

want

weakness

error

gap

blemish

scarcity

failing

mistake

disadvantage

omission

incompleteness

dearth

hole

🕳️

deficit

deprivation

failure

inadequacy

vice

weak point

excellence

foible

frailness

frailty

ellipse

glitch

handicap

detriment

impairment

destitution

imperfectness

inability

to the bad

demerit

infirmity

insufficiency

in the red

kink

delinquency

languor

limitation

loophole

Translations

euvel

gebrek

défaut

tekortkoming

falta

afwezigheid

gemis

mancanza

Fehler

Manko

manque

tekort

carência

privation

Mangel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/

Etymology

From short + coming.