Related Words for fall short of expectations

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abate
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Verb, Noun
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
abstracts
/x
Noun
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
aims
/
Verb
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
ambitions
x/x
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
aneurysm
/x/x
Noun
anticipated
x/xxx
Adjective
anticipations
xxx/x
Adjective
anxieties
x/xx
Noun
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anyways
/xx
Adverb
are
/
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
ascend
x/
Verb
ascension
x/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
aspirations
xx/x
Noun
assumptions
x/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attitudes
/xx
Adjective
attributions
/x/x
Noun
autumn
/x
Noun, Verb
avalanche
/xx
Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
bean
/
Noun, Verb
become
x/
Verb
behaviorist
x/xx
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
beliefs
x/
Noun
belongs
x/
Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boil down
//
Phrase, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
breakup
/x
Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
cad
/
Name
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
capitulation
xxx/x
Noun
cartesian
x/x
Name, Adjective
cascade
x/
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chow
/
Noun, Verb
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
chutes
/
Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
claims
/
Noun, Verb
classify
/xx
Verb
climb
/
Verb, Noun
climb down
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
clipped
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
commitments
x/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
conceptions
x/x
Noun
concerns
x/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
congregate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
copernican
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
correspond
xx/
Verb
courts
/
Noun
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crumble
/x
Verb, Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
curtailment
x/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
darwinian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
day
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decadence
/xx
Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
declines
x/
Noun, Verb
decreases
x/x
Verb, Noun
defeat
x/
Noun, Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
deflate
x/
Verb
delays
x/
Verb
demands
x/
Noun, Verb
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun
desires
x/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
devaluation
xxx/x
Noun
devalue
x/x
Verb
devolve
x/
Verb
die away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
dips
/
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disappear
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
disobedient
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
dives
/
Noun
docs
/
Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downside
/x
Noun
downslope
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drifts
/
Noun, Verb
drip
/
Noun, Verb
droop
/
Noun, Verb
drop off
//
Phrase, Verb
drops
/
Verb, Noun
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dusk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
ease off
//
Phrase, Verb
ease up
//
Phrase, Verb
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
election
x/x
Noun
emphases
/xx
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
enrol
/x
Verb
enroll
x/
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
estimates
/xx
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exodus
/xx
Noun, Verb
expectancies
x/xx
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
expects
x/
Verb
expire
x/
Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fall down
//
Phrase, Verb
fall in love
/x/
Phrase, Verb
falls
/
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
fears
/
Noun
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flag
/
Noun, Verb
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
flow
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
forecasts
x/
Noun
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
functionalist
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
glance
/
Noun, Verb
goals
/
Adjective
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gravestone
/x
Noun
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hair
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
hat
/
Noun, Verb
headstone
/x
Noun
height
/
Noun
hopes
/
Noun
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
increases
x/x
Noun, Verb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indian summer
/xx/x
Name, Name
indulge
x/
Verb
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
inscribe
x/
Verb
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
intervention
xx/x
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynesian
/xx
Adjective, Noun
kid
/
Noun, Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lands
/
Verb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
leaves
/
Noun
leech
/
Noun, Verb
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
let up
//
Phrase, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
lose
/
Verb, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
lows
/
Noun
malthusian
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
meltdown
/x
Noun
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
midget
/x
Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
monetarist
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nain
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
needs
/
Noun, Adverb
neoclassical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
news
/
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
night
/
Noun, Verb
nightfall
/x
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
november
x/x
Name
objectives
x/x
Noun
occur
x/
Verb
october
x/x
Name, Verb
odds
/
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ouster
/x
Noun, Verb
ousting
/x
Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
outlooks
/x
Noun
overdrawn
/x/
Adjective
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb, Noun
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
pares
/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perceptions
x/x
Noun
perspectives
x/x
Noun
pertain
x/
Verb
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petite
x/
Adjective, Name
phare
/
Name
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plop
/
Noun, Verb
plunges
/x
Verb, Noun
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
pounce
/
Verb, Noun
precipitate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
predictions
x/x
Noun
prefatory
/xxx
Adjective
priorities
x/xx
Adjective
projections
x/x
Noun
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prospective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
prospects
/x
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
queues
/
Noun
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rain
/
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
re
/
Noun
recede
x/
Verb
recently
/xx
Adverb
reduce
x/
Verb
reductions
x/x
Verb
referral
x/x
Noun
register
/xx
Noun, Verb
regression
x/x
Noun
relate
x/
Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
removal
x/x
Noun
requirements
x/x
Noun
resignation
xx/x
Noun
restricted
x/x
Adjective
retraction
x/x
Noun
retreats
x/
Noun, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
ricardian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
rises
/x
Verb, Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roll down
//
Phrase, Verb
rout
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ryan
/x
Name
sags
/
Noun, Verb
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
season
/x
Noun, Verb
seen
/
Verb, Noun
seller
/x
Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
sentiment
/xx
Noun
sep
/
Name
sept
/
Name
september
x/x
Name
serve
/
Verb, Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shedding
/x
Noun
shine
/
Verb, Noun
short and sweet
//x
Phrase, Adjective
short circuit
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
shorts
/
Noun
shortsighted
//x
Adjective
shortstop
/x
Noun, Verb
shorty
/x
Name
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
sinks
/
Noun, Verb
skid
/
Noun, Verb
skirt
/
Noun, Verb
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
slack off
//
Phrase, Verb
sleet
/
Noun, Verb
slides
/
Noun, Verb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slips
/
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
slumps
/
Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sms
x
Name, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snow
/
Noun, Verb
snowfall
/x
Noun
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
somme
/
Name
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sparsely
/x
Adverb
spat
/
Verb, Noun
speculations
xx/x
Noun
speedy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spill
/
Noun, Verb
spring
/
Noun, Verb
squat
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stakes
/
Noun
stand
/
Verb, Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stocky
/x
Adjective
story
/x
Noun, Verb
streamlined
/x
Adjective
strike
/
Noun, Verb
stubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
stumbles
/x
Noun
stumpy
/x
Adjective, Name
substandard
x/x
Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
succumb
x/
Verb
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
suffrage
/x
Noun
sum
/
Noun, Verb
summaries
/xx
Noun
summarise
/x/
Verb
summarize
/xx
Verb
summer
/x
Noun, Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
swift
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
swoop
/
Noun, Verb
synopsis
x/x
Noun
synthesis
/xx
Noun
synthesize
/xx
Verb
synthetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
takedown
/x
Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
taper
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
temporary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
tender
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
testy
/x
Adjective
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
tomb
/
Noun, Verb
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
transient
/x
Adjective, Noun
trees
/
Noun
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
truncate
/x
Verb, Adjective
tumbles
/x
Verb, Noun
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unawares
xx/
Adverb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undervalue
/xxx
Verb, Noun
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
unprepared
xx/
Adjective, Noun
unstressed
x/
Adjective
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
upturn
x/
Noun, Verb
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
valuations
xx/x
Noun
values
/x
Noun
vanish
/x
Verb, Noun
vendor
/x
Noun, Verb
waits
/
Noun
wane
/
Verb, Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun, Verb
weak
/
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
week
/
Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
winter
/x
Noun, Verb
wishes
/x
Verb
wither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
writs
/
Noun
year
/
Noun
you
/
Verb, Noun
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb