shortfall
noun
short·fall
ˈshȯrt-ˌfȯl 
: a failure to come up to expectation or need
a budget shortfall
also
: the amount of such failure
a $2 million shortfall
Examples of shortfall in a Sentence
a shortfall in milk production
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Russian barrages of missiles and drones – often several hundred in one night – have again underlined its shortfall in air defenses.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
This shortfall was quite disappointing.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
The camera replacements are a drop in the bucket of the county's $1 billion backlog of capital projects that would address its aging infrastructure countywide, during a year when the county faces a $47 million shortfall.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Advocates are asking Lamont to consider using it to help offset the federal shortfall.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
This shortfall was quite disappointing.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
The camera replacements are a drop in the bucket of the county's $1 billion backlog of capital projects that would address its aging infrastructure countywide, during a year when the county faces a $47 million shortfall.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Advocates are asking Lamont to consider using it to help offset the federal shortfall.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shortfall
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortfall. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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