shortfalling
nounEtymology From short + falling.
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A falling short; failure to meet an expectation or standard.
- “I want to remind you,” Mr. Bush said, “that the I.G. report, which justly made issue of F.B.I. shortfallings, also made it clear that these letters were important to the security of the United States.”2007 March 11, The New York Times, “Bush Addresses Misuse of F.B.I. Subpoenas”, in New York Times: