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

Ashleigh Johnson, a mother of four in the Grapevine-Colleyville school district, said her kids were pushed into an overcrowded school when the district was forced to close its elementary school because of budget shortfalls and declining enrollment. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

School officials reported in March that the campus had operated at a deficit for three consecutive years and was projecting a roughly $950,000 shortfall for the coming school year. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

The shortfall came even as UCLA received more than $61 million in Big Ten media-rights revenue during its first year in the conference. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Prices have risen due to fuel shortfalls and attacks on infrastructure that have slowed production in the Middle East of the lightweight, silverish metal used in everything from kitchen foil and power lines to smartphones and cars. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026