Definition for Shortcoming:

• The failure of a crop, or the like.

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.
  •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.
  •unsubstantiality (noun)
  • unsubstantiality.
  •weakness (noun)
  • inconstancy,
  • vitiation,
  • faintness,
  • vice,
  • flimsiness,
  • invalidities,
  • inconstancies,
  • sore point,
  • invalidity.
  •weak point (noun)
  • demerit,
  • catch.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Achilles' Heel,
  • scarceness,
  • abnormality,
  • scantness,
  • weak point,
  • damage,
  • underside.
  •
  • paucity,
  • underage,
  • scarcity.
  •
  • limitation.

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.

Shortcoming Sentence Examples:

• His own confessed shortcoming might have taught him to exercise more lenient judgment towards his frail love.

• The narrow house has no echoes; yet its pathetic shortcoming might well move pity.

Homophones for Shortcoming:

• scratchiness, short-change, scratching.

Hyponym for Shortcoming:

• n.

  • attribute
    disadvantage.