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shortfall

[ shawrt-fawl ]

/ ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl /

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noun

the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.

the act or fact of falling short.

Origin of shortfall

1890–95; short + fall; from verb phrase fall short

Words nearby shortfall

shorten, shortened form, shortening, shorter, shorter catechism, shortfall, shortfin corvina, shortgrass, shorthair, shorthaired, shorthand

Example sentences from the Web for shortfall

It was thanks to Woody that the 2008 Republican National Convention's $10 million shortfall was met.

Behind the Johnson & Johnson Curse |Emma Garman |August 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Since pension accounting of any sort weights near years more heavily than later years, we get an "average" shortfall of 16%.

Sorry, Folks: One Way or the Other, You'll Never Be Able to Completely Count on Retirement |Megan McArdle |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Its obligations that month would be $306 billion, a shortfall of $134 billion.

Government Shutdown Insanity |Michael Tomasky |January 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In addition, there was talk of reducing the 75-year shortfall with a “balanced package of tax and benefit changes.”

Democrats Must Step Up on Entitlement Reform for Fiscal Cliff Deal |John Avlon |November 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

The GAO attributed much of the shortfall to the fact that the pools required people to have been uninsured for six months.

The Non-Problem that ObamaCare Didn't Fix |Megan McArdle |September 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for shortfall

shortfall

/ (ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl) /

noun

failure to meet a goal or a requirement

the amount of such a failure; deficiency a shortfall of £30m