Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deficiency; a flaw.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A falling-off of the usual produce, quantity, or amount, as of a crop.
- noun A failure of performance, as of duty; a coming short; a delinquency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The failure of a crop, or the like.
- noun Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
deficiency
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a failing or deficiency
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Examples
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 The main shortcoming is the art, from a new kid named Giffen, providing an amalgam of Sal Buscema and Al Milgrom that never quite gels overall.
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Another shortcoming is the shallow, overly facile characters.
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Coppola has seldom understood subtlety and restraint in his long career, but that shortcoming is here especially stark in contrast to the felicities of the source material.
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Another major shortcoming is the lack of emotional depth.
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But down the line, it's only shortcoming is indeed the lack of a physical fingerprint on the work that says "This piece was created in this day and time, by this person -- and is unique."
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The only shortcoming is Kelly's slightly less-than-believable portrayal at points, as the male author's inevitable challenge is the convincing illustration of a female (especially a maternal figure).
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But it may be facing some undue flack over its Open XML format, which, despite its shortcoming, is undoubtedly an improvement over its predecessor.
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Review: Excellent story whose only shortcoming is a slow start.
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Solomon's foil for Reid's alleged ethical shortcoming is Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who "insisted on paying $1,400 for the tickets he shared with Reid for a 2004 championship fight."
May 2006 2006
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He describes this as a short-midterm shortcoming, but fails to tell you that short to midterm means 10-20 years!
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