Synonyms for fall short
fall short

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be defeated, come short, fail, lose, miscarry, miss

   Antonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, succeed, thrive, win

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1. fall short, come shortverb

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

   Synonyms:
   come short

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1. • Disappoint

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   fail, be deficient

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be deficient, be inadequate

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1. President Barack Obama:

   I'm less concerned about the precise number, because let's stipulate right now, whatever various country targets are, it's still going to fall short of what the science requires.

2. Confucius:

   To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

3. William Temple:

   The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

4. Anthony Banbury:

   We are going to exceed the Dec 1 targets in some areas. But we are almost certainly going to fall short in others. In both those cases, we will adjust to what the circumstances are on the ground.

5. John Wesley:

   My cool judgement is, that if all the other doctrines of devils which have been committed to writing since letters were in the world were collected together in one volume, it would fall short of this; and that, should a Prince form himself by this book, so calmly recommending hypocrisy, treachery, lying, robbery, oppression, adultery, whoredom, and murder of all kinds, Domitian or Nero would be an angel of light compared to that man.