Synonyms for shortfall
ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlshort·fall

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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. • Insufficiency

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortfall":

   deficit, shortage, inadequacy, lack, deficits, insufficiency, gap, deficiency, scarcity, insufficient, shortcoming, paucity

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1. Ben Carson:

   You look at last year, there was a $3 billion shortfall. That's the same amount of money we spent last month on Halloween candy.

2. The Fed:

   In light of the current shortfall of inflation from 2 percent, the Committee will carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward its inflation goal. The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate.

3. Party City:

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

4. Group Executive Chairman A.M. Naik:

   We are bidding in Africa and Far East -- the two territories that we have not concentrated on so much before. That will make up for any shortfall from the Middle East.

5. Zhu Chen:

   This brief shortfall has something to do with the after-effects on the consumer market of the country's November price adjustment.