'Shortcoming' definitions:
Definition of 'shortcoming'
(from WordNet)
noun
A failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming]
Definition of 'Shortcoming'
From: GCIDE
- Shortcoming \Short"com`ing\, n. The act of falling, or coming short; as: (a) The failure of a crop, or the like. (b) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shortcoming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absence,
- adulteration,
- asymmetry,
- beggary,
- blemish,
- bug,
- catch,
- contrariety,
- crack,
- defect,
- defectibility,
- defection,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- demerit,
- deprivation,
- destitution,
- difference,
- disequilibrium,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- drawback,
- drought,
- erroneousness,
- failing,
- failure,
- fallibility,
- famine,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- faute,
- flaw,
- foible,
- frailty,
- heterogeneity,
- hole,
- imbalance,
- immaturity,
- impairment,
- imperfection,
- impoverishment,
- impurity,
- inaccuracy,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- incompleteness,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inexactitude,
- inexactness,
- infirmity,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- irregularity,
- kink,
- lack,
- liability,
- little problem,
- mediocrity,
- need,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- omission,
- overbalance,
- patchiness,
- problem,
- rift,
- shortage,
- shortfall,
- sin,
- sketchiness,
- snag,
- something missing,
- starvation,
- taint,
- unbalance,
- undevelopment,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unperfectedness,
- unsoundness,
- vulnerable place,
- want,
- wantage,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness