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shortcoming

[shawrt-kuhm-ing] / ˈʃɔrtˌkʌm ɪŋ /


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But spokesman Pitambar Ghimire admitted that "our only shortcoming is proper implementation".

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

Mr. Slaughter’s reliance on the Sewards’ correspondence over vigorous narrative is both the book’s strength and its shortcoming.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

The show’s primary shortcoming is that the Fisher is too small to accommodate a full retrospective of an artist who has been making significant art for more than 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2025

Her father, George, said that Kimberly’s “only shortcoming was her faith in the health care agencies. They failed, and she paid the price.”

From Slate Jun. 25, 2025

A physical shortcoming could produce a kind of mental excess.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

The results suggest that combining pollen from different plants and then processing it through nurse bees may allow honeybee colonies to compensate for the nutritional shortcomings of individual pollen sources.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Make yourself a cup of coffee while the machine flags your shortcomings and be courageous about facing them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

That is the last we see or hear of that dirty business, which might as well be a visual metaphor for this docuseries’ shortcomings.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The filings cite timelines in which the cities failed to complete or stopped responding to state feedback about revisions or shortcomings in their housing elements, calling the planning documents now “years overdue.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Whatever our group’s various shortcomings, at the top of the Icefall Rob announced that he was quite pleased with everyone’s performance.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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