as in weakness
a defect in character
a wife who never tires of listing her husband's perceived shortcomings
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Recent Examples of shortcoming
The difference is that IMAX 70mm prints are created as optical blow-ups from the VistaVision negative — a difference that intellectually sounds like a shortcoming, but which had a positive effect on the movie’s overall emotional impact.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Now, Clippy’s former shortcomings are the exact reason for its resurgence.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
The study found that only 8 of 47 safety features tested were fully effective, and internal documents suggest that Meta was aware of some shortcomings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Like countless generations before them, today’s young adults are subject to what feels like a constant barrage of headlines bemoaning their generational shortcomings.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Now, Clippy’s former shortcomings are the exact reason for its resurgence.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
The study found that only 8 of 47 safety features tested were fully effective, and internal documents suggest that Meta was aware of some shortcomings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Like countless generations before them, today’s young adults are subject to what feels like a constant barrage of headlines bemoaning their generational shortcomings.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcoming
Noun
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However, the effects on hiring may be blunted by persistent weakness in the labor market.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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JPMorgan adds SharkNinja to the focus list JPM said investors should buy the weakness in the consumer products company.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Who’s ultimately at fault here?—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Incidentally, their friend Jesus’ relapse a few years ago isn’t Lee’s fault, but, as Wendell reminds him, Lee was supposed to check on him that day.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In early Christian thinking, its connotations of languor and listlessness, within the spirit no less than the body, lent it the status of a sin—a turning aside from God for the sake of earthly sorrow.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Nadal believes clay-court tennis at night is something like a sin against the sport, but 2020 was the first year in which Court Philippe-Chatrier held a session that went past darkness.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sprinkle in Minerals Don't just toss in minerals at random, says Damrosch—only use when recommended by your soil test to correct deficiencies that have been identified.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Oct. 2025
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For that reason, the vast majority of companies now employ human reviews and stand-alone testing tools or services to address generative AI’s deficiencies.—
Philipp Eisenhauer,
Harvard Business Review,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hamilton, convinced that salvaging his fiscal reputation required him to air his personal failings, published a lengthy tract, baring all.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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However, whatever his scholarly failings, Thorkelín had at least been responsible for two transcripts of the poem, and, as the manuscript itself had continued to deteriorate, chiefly by flaking of the brittle margins, these were a valuable record of the original.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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