Antonyms for shortfall
ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlshort·fall

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1. • Insufficiency

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1. deficit, shortage, shortfallnoun

   the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

   "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"

   Synonyms:
   shortage, deficit, dearth, famine

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1. surplus

   being more than or in excess of what is needed or required

   "i've got a surplus, so i can contribute more"

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

How to use shortfall in a sentence?

1. Frank Straub:

   One of the things that we see as a shortfall is that assessment is a continuous process. You don't do one threat assessment and say if an individual is at risk or not and then release him.

2. Prime Minister Mamady Youla:

   Growth was zero in 2015, we recorded a 2.9 trillion Guinean francs (around $350 million) shortfall in our revenue and $150 million shortfall in our foreign exchange earnings.

3. Donald Boyd:

   It may be that what legislatures do is they cut spending, maybe they cut teachers, maybe they cut police and fire, maybe they cut Medicaid, or maybe they raise taxes. But the government and therefore the taxpayers one way or another generally have to make up any shortfalls, if they fall 12 percent short in a single year, we’re looking at more than $400 billion of a shortfall, which taxpayers would have to make up.

4. Party City:

   We believe this new source should substantially eliminate the shortfall we are experiencing.

5. James Longdon:

   The re-transfer of the five senior bonds announced in December 2015 addresses the bank's solvency shortfall and this might support renewed efforts to find a buyer.

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