Definition for Shortcoming:

• The failure of a crop, or the like.

Synonyms for Shortcoming:

• n.

  •
  • problem.
  •
  • poverty.
  •
  • bug.
  •fault (noun)
  • lapse.
  •imperfection (noun)
  • incompleteness.
  •incompleteness (noun)
  • gap,
  • need,
  • curtailment,
  • segmental,
  • fragmentation,
  • sectional,
  • omission,
  • hiatus,
  • part,
  • fraction,
  • discontinuity.
  •lack (noun)
  • shortness.
  •shortage (noun)
  • arrears,
  • shortage,
  • insufficiency.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Achilles' Heel,
  • damage,
  • scantness,
  • abnormality,
  • weak point,
  • scarceness.
  •
  • 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.