Synonyms for Shortcoming:

• n.

  •
  • difficulty,
  • burden,
  • problem,
  • issue,
  • trouble,
  • nuisance,
  • trials and tribulations,
  • hardship,
  • baggage,
  • disturbance.
  •
  • poverty,
  • excess.
  •
  • better,
  • beautiful,
  • bug,
  • help.
  •attribute (noun)
  • shortcoming.
  •chink in one's armor (noun)
  • under belly,
  • vulnerable places,
  • under-belly,
  • chink in one armor,
  • chink ones armor,
  • chink in ones armor,
  • weak links,
  • chink armor,
  • chink one's armor,
  • under-bellies,
  • chink-armor,
  • chink one armor,
  • weak sides,
  • under bellies.
  •default (noun)
  • dis regard,
  • over-looking,
  • de faults,
  • dis-regards,
  • over-sight,
  • in sufficiency,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-regard,
  • over looking,
  • non payment,
  • over sights,
  • non-payments,
  • non payments,
  • over-sights,
  • overlookings,
  • in sufficiencies,
  • over sight,
  • de fault,
  • in-sufficiencies,
  • de-fault,
  • de-faults,
  • in-sufficiency.
  •defect (noun)
  • dis-coloration,
  • marrings,
  • mis-take,
  • dis-colorations,
  • mis takes,
  • mis take,
  • dis coloration,
  • dis colorations,
  • mis-takes,
  • in-jury,
  • rough spots,
  • in jury,
  • in juries.
  •deficiency (noun)
  • de merits,
  • de-merit,
  • de-merits,
  • de merit,
  • insufficiences,
  • inability hack it.
  •deficit (noun)
  • due bills,
  • in hocks,
  • in hole,
  • dead horses,
  • red inks,
  • in red.
  •drawback (noun)
  • fly the ointment,
  • in conveniences,
  • in-convenience,
  • fly ointment,
  • fly in ointment,
  • in-conveniences.
  •fault (noun)
  • lapse.
  •flimsiness (noun)
  • shoddinesses.
  •frailty (noun)
  • daintinesses,
  • suscepts,
  • peccabilities.
  •handicap (noun)
  • re striction,
  • re strictions,
  • psychological baggages,
  • re-strictions,
  • re-striction.
  •imbalance (noun)
  • lopsidedness.
  •imperfection (noun)
  • incompleteness.
  •inability (noun)
  • in-effectualness,
  • incapacitations,
  • in-effectiveness,
  • in competence,
  • in-capacitation,
  • in-efficacy,
  • in aptitude,
  • dis-qualification,
  • in efficacies,
  • in aptitudes,
  • in utilities,
  • in-capacitations,
  • un fitness,
  • in efficiencies,
  • un-fitness,
  • in-effectivenesses,
  • in-capacity,
  • un-fitnesses,
  • ineptnesses,
  • in-competence,
  • in-effectualnesses,
  • in-efficiencies,
  • in effectivenesses,
  • in-competences,
  • in efficacy,
  • in efficiency,
  • in-utilities,
  • in-aptitudes,
  • in-utility,
  • in capacity,
  • in effectualnesses,
  • in utility,
  • in effectiveness,
  • in effectualness,
  • dis-qualifications,
  • in competences,
  • in-efficacies,
  • inaptitudes,
  • in-aptitude,
  • un fitnesses,
  • dis qualifications,
  • in capacities,
  • dis qualification,
  • in capacitations,
  • in-capacities,
  • in capacitation,
  • in-efficiency.
  •inadequacy (noun)
  • in adequacy,
  • in adequacies,
  • in aptnesses,
  • in adequatenesses,
  • in-adequacy,
  • in adequateness,
  • inaptnesses,
  • un-suitablenesses,
  • in-adequatenesses,
  • in-adequateness,
  • skimpinesses,
  • in-aptness,
  • un suitableness,
  • inadequatenesses,
  • in aptness,
  • defectivenesses,
  • un-suitableness,
  • in-adequacies,
  • faultinesses,
  • in-aptnesses,
  • un suitablenesses.
  •incapability (noun)
  • in-capabilities,
  • in capability,
  • in-capability,
  • in capabilities.
  •incompleteness (noun)
  • gap,
  • need,
  • curtailment,
  • segmental,
  • fragmentation,
  • sectional,
  • omission,
  • hiatus,
  • part,
  • fraction,
  • discontinuity.
  •infirmity (noun)
  • ailings,
  • un-healthiness,
  • un healthiness,
  • dis ease,
  • dis-order,
  • dis-orders,
  • in dispositions,
  • un wellnesses,
  • un-healths,
  • un-wellness,
  • dis-eases,
  • un wellness,
  • flus,
  • un health,
  • dis orders,
  • dis order,
  • un-healthinesses,
  • in disposition,
  • de-cays,
  • un healthinesses,
  • un-wellnesses,
  • un healths,
  • unhealthinesses,
  • unhealths,
  • dis-ease,
  • ill healths,
  • de-cay,
  • de cay,
  • diseasednesses,
  • unwellnesses,
  • sicklinesses,
  • in-disposition,
  • de cays,
  • dis eases,
  • un-health,
  • in-dispositions.
  •insubstantiality (noun)
  • in-substantialities,
  • in substantialities,
  • in-substantiality,
  • in substantiality.
  •lack (noun)
  • retrenchment,
  • shortness,
  • shrinking,
  • exiguity,
  • retrenchments,
  • slightness.
  •scantiness (noun)
  • tightnesses,
  • Leannesses.
  •shortage (noun)
  • arrears,
  • shortage,
  • insufficiency.
  •sin (noun)
  • evil doings,
  • un-godliness,
  • un-righteousnesses,
  • mis deed,
  • un-righteousness,
  • venialities,
  • un righteousness,
  • mis deeds,
  • mis-deed,
  • dis obediences,
  • wrongnesses,
  • dis obedience,
  • dis-obedience,
  • un godlinesses,
  • un godliness,
  • ungodlinesses,
  • un righteousnesses,
  • mis-deeds,
  • sinfulnesses,
  • evil-doings,
  • unrighteousnesses,
  • un-godlinesses,
  • dis-obediences.
  •unsoundness (noun)
  • un-soundness,
  • un soundness,
  • un-soundnesses,
  • un soundnesses.
  •weakness (noun)
  • inconstancy,
  • inconstancies,
  • faintness,
  • vitiation,
  • sore point,
  • invalidity,
  • invalidities.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Achilles' Heel,
  • scarceness,
  • abnormality,
  • scantness,
  • weak point,
  • damage,
  • underside.
  •
  • paucity,
  • underage,
  • scarcity.
  •
  • limitation.
  •Other relevant words:
  • liability,
  • spot,
  • bankruptcy,
  • debility,
  • blot,
  • scarce,
  • superiority,
  • sketchiness,
  • violation,
  • leeway,
  • slip,
  • difference,
  • weak spot,
  • defection,
  • decline,
  • immaturity,
  • half blood,
  • Nonfulfillment,
  • vice,
  • Make-weight,
  • error,
  • unsubstantiality,
  • inequity,
  • break,
  • inequality,
  • Inequation,
  • destitution,
  • goof,
  • want,
  • partiality,
  • labor in vain,
  • odds,
  • inexactness,
  • slip-up,
  • Imparity,
  • minimum,
  • drawn battle,
  • gaffe,
  • quirk,
  • crevice,
  • hang-up,
  • blemish,
  • botch,
  • Arrearage,
  • inferiority,
  • dearth,
  • catch,
  • faute,
  • bar sinister,
  • faux pas,
  • famine,
  • snag,
  • weight,
  • fluff,
  • disproportion,
  • inexactitude,
  • stint,
  • Noncompletion,
  • infraction,
  • fallibility,
  • short measure,
  • preoccupation,
  • glitch,
  • Wantage,
  • crack,
  • loophole,
  • disadvantage,
  • disequilibrium,
  • taint,
  • disparity,
  • privation,
  • starvation,
  • rift,
  • adulteration,
  • negligence,
  • nonuniformity,
  • incompetence,
  • fallacy,
  • asymmetry,
  • demerit,
  • falling short,
  • Subordinacy,
  • trespass,
  • bare subsistence,
  • bias,
  • delinquency,
  • Nonpreparation,
  • flimsiness,
  • indiscretion,
  • half measures,
  • failure,
  • drought,
  • blunder,
  • impairment,
  • discrepancy,
  • irregularity,
  • patchiness,
  • inaccuracy,
  • slump,
  • transgression,
  • smallness,
  • Defectibility,
  • mediocrity,
  • peccadillo,
  • injustice,
  • lapsus,
  • short,
  • impoverishment,
  • impurity,
  • crotchet,
  • beggary,
  • stumble,
  • misdeed,
  • unbalance,
  • dereliction,
  • mistake,
  • kink,
  • contrariety,
  • twist,
  • hole,
  • inconsistency,
  • overbalance,
  • heterogeneity,
  • deprivation,
  • attainder,
  • erroneousness,
  • set back,
  • minority,
  • impotence,
  • peculiarity,
  • eccentricity,
  • misstep,
  • blind spot,
  • idiosyncrasy,
  • unevenness,
  • oversight,
  • absence.

Paraphrases for Shortcoming:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deficiency, weakness, defect, gap.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    failing, lack, limitation, absence, obstacle, anomaly, constraint, breach, void, default, malfunction, vacuum, discrepancy, situation, disability, impediment, abnormality, paucity, impossibility, lapse, incompleteness, restriction, impotence, powerlessness, misconduct, oversight.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    lacking, faltering, Adopting, wanting, failing.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    flaw, drawback, shortage, shortfall, disadvantage, omission, inadequacy, deficit, loophole, failure, insufficiency, scarcity, handicap, lacuna, Lacunae, downside, inconvenience, fault, impairment, problem, mistake, dearth, glitch, error, unavailability.

Antonyms for Shortcoming:

• n.

  • weak point
    benefit, success, plenty, strong point, advantage, enough, extra, strength.
  • Other antonyms:
    integrity, goodness, rectitude, perfection, righteousness, probity, virtue, morality, excellence, merit.

Homophones for Shortcoming:

• scratchiness, short-change, scratching.

Hyponym for Shortcoming:

• n.

  • attribute
    disadvantage.