shortcomings

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A form of shortcoming — A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shortcoming

    England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.

    2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France
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APA

shortcomings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcomings

MLA

“shortcomings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcomings. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shortcomings,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcomings.

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