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Synonyms for shortcoming
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shawrt-kuhm-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɔrtˌkʌm ɪŋ |
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Définition of shortcoming
Origin :- 1670s, from the phrase to come short "be inadequate" (1570s); see short (adj.). Related: Shortcomings.
- noun weak point
- She believed it was some fault, some shortcoming, of hers that had kept it from her.
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- Could their relationship fail because of this shortcoming on her part?
- Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
- But be it said that his ill success was due to no fault or shortcoming of his.
- Extract from : « The heart of happy hollow » by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- They are, unhappily, temperate and accurate,—except in shortcoming of blame.
- Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
- Madame did not receive this shortcoming of the courtier very favorably.
- Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
- Evidently old Marda meant to atone for the shortcoming of the noon.
- Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
- That was the way they put it now among themselves, Mabel's shortcoming.
- Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
- And it must be allowed that democracy stood for a great deal in our shortcoming.
- Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various
- "There shall be no shortcoming on my side," she said to herself.
- Extract from : « Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- One shortcoming of such methods of arming an aeroplane will be observed.
- Extract from : « Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War » by Frederick A. Talbot
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