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fall short
adjective as in go without
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall through
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in flop
verb as in let down
verb as in lose
Strong matches
verb as in miscarry
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in misfire
verb as in miss
verb as in shrink
Example Sentences
I call it (forgive the lofty phrase) the arc of innovation—and many, many discoveries fall short along that arc.
Unfortunately, immunizations rates for this disease also fall short of federal guidelines.
And while I will always fall short of Madiba's example, he makes me want to be a better man.
Or do they fall short of the best of their manufactured-pop predecessors?
Many prodigies fall short of their promise, or disappear completely.
There need be no fear that with shortened hours of labor the sum total of production would fall short of human needs.
Search through the words of your own vocabulary; if these fall short, find others in the dictionary.
Besides, their missiles were beginning to fall short; and the number of men they had lost greatly disheartened them.
"I will not fall short of my former reputation, your Excellency," declared the Don.
A stone is slung and a javelin cast, though both fall short.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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