Synonyms for shortcoming
ˈʃɔrtˌkʌm ɪŋshort·com·ing

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1. shortcoming

   Synonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, want

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

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1. defect, shortcomingnoun

   a failing or deficiency

   "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

   Synonyms:
   mar, fault, blemish, defect, flaw

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1. • Disadvantage

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1. shortcomingnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, imperfection, fault, foible, failure

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortcoming":

   deficiency, flaw, gap, weakness, defect, loophole, lacuna, lack, drawback, inadequacy, deficit, disadvantage, shortfall, shortage, omission

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1. James Kvaal:

   Under existing plans, any remaining balance will be forgiven after 20 years of payments, but we’re also giving borrowers with smaller loans a path to forgiveness in 10 years, one shortcoming of the existing IDR (income-driven repayment) plans is that all borrowers must be in repayment for up to 20 years, even if they only enrolled in college for a semester or two or borrowed a few thousand dollars.

2. Steven Stack:

   Had we just projected realistic quantities, the public wouldn't have seen this as a shortcoming -- we would have recognized it for the incredible accomplishment it was to have even this much vaccine this fast.

3. White House:

   There are necessarily some shortcoming to that approach, that is why... the president's commitment to keeping guns out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them continues to be a priority of Scott Wilson federal legislative strategy.

4. Andrew Stanton:

   She was apologizing still for her shortcoming that she thought she had for her short-term memory loss and she could easily forget Marlin and Nemo and not find them again. I felt that she was completely unresolved, finding Nemo.