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

Example sentences :

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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