Synonyms of shortfall

shortfall

noun

as in deficiency

formal a failure to get what is expected or needed

a shortfall in milk production

profit shortfalls

Related Words

• deficiency
• deficit
• gap
• lack
• shortcoming
• inadequacy
• hole
• insufficiency
• weakness
• need
• incompleteness
• imperfection
• defectiveness
• inadequateness
• failing
• insufficience
• fault
• hiatus
• space
• void
• disability
• want
• impairment
• lacuna
• detriment

Dissimilar Words

• completeness
• fullness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shortfall

That shortfall has left it without the funds to store the massive stone and metal sculptures or ship them back to the US. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

When the Brewers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, media pundits assumed Fox was about to take a bath, with make-goods and shortfalls in the forecast. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Local governments could also make up for the shortfall with higher fees and fines. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Despite pressure to reduce deficits—with proposals to target budget shortfalls at 3% of GDP rather than the current 6% to 7%—the CBO expects the gap between revenues and expenditures to widen over the next decade. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026