Shortcoming
['ʃɔːtkʌmɪŋ] or ['ʃɔrtkʌmɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) The act of falling, or coming short
(n.) The failure of a crop, or the like.
(n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- It is truly wonderful, he said, how easily Society can console itself for the worst of its shortcomings with a little bit of clap-trap. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Young Mr. Ladislaw was not at all deep himself in German writers; but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The shortcomings of the earlier machines are minutely set forth, and the witnesses for the plaintiff are clear that they are neither practical nor profitable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Not a particle, but she's a dear, returned Sallie, defending her friend even while confessing her shortcomings. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typed by Elvin