| Main Entry: | shortcoming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weak point |
Synonyms: |
bug*, catch*, defect, deficiency, demerit, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, lack, lapse, sin, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, strong point, success |
| Concept: | [Motion short of] Shortcoming. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
shortcoming, failure; falling short; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go., imcompleteness; imperfection; insufficiency; noncompletion; failure.
-verbs
come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short , fall short, stop short; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep withim the compass., break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.
-adjectives
unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory (neglect).
-adverbs
within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds; behindhand; re infecta; to no purpose; far from it.
-phrases
the bubble burst.
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| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
Synonyms: |
absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
Synonyms: |
birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, marring, mistake, patch, rift, rough spot, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, unsoundness, vice, want, weak point, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | deficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imperfection, inadequacy |
Synonyms: |
absence, bug*, dearth, defalcation, default, defect, deficit, demerit, dereliction, failing, failure, fault, flaw, frailty, glitch*, inability to hack it, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, need, neglect, paucity, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, sin, want, weakness |
Antonyms: |
adequacy, enough, faultlessness, perfection, plenty, satisfaction, sufficiency, superfluity |
| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
Synonyms: |
arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
Antonyms: |
enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | drawback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
Synonyms: |
check, defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disability, evil, failing, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block, trouble, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection |
| Main Entry: | fault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical defect |
Synonyms: |
blemish, debility, deficiency, demerit, imperfection, infirmity, lack, pimple, shortcoming, weak point, weakness, zit |
Antonyms: |
perfection, soundness, strength |
| Main Entry: | foible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal imperfection |
Synonyms: |
characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, infirmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, singularity, vice, weak point, weakness |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
Antonyms: |
strength |
| Main Entry: | frailty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness, flaw |
Synonyms: |
Achilles heel, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming, solecism, suscept, weak point |
Antonyms: |
firmness, strength |