Synonyms of shortfalls

shortfalls

noun

plural of shortfall

as in deficiencies

formal a failure to get what is expected or needed

a shortfall in milk production

profit shortfalls

Related Words

• deficiencies
• deficits
• gaps
• shortcomings
• weaknesses
• inadequacies
• lacks
• needs
• holes
• imperfections
• insufficiencies
• failings
• faults
• spaces
• wants
• lacunae
• insufficiences
• voids
• hiatuses
• disabilities
• impairments
• detriments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shortfalls

These institutions join others like Temple, Johns Hopkins, and Syracuse in facing staff reductions, budget shortfalls, or hiring freezes due to various financial pressures. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Funding shortfalls and layoffs impact the hundreds of sites (433) overseen by the National Park Service, which include 63 National Parks as well as National Monuments, National Battlefields, and National Historic Sites. — Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Under the current cap, the state’s rainy day fund would only cover one-third of budget shortfalls over the next 50 years, according to the LAO. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

These shortfalls drive up rents and choke off the path to homeownership. — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

State estimates and independent analyses project multibillion-dollar annual shortfalls in public education funding in the state since universal expansion. — Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Social Security’s shortfalls are not driven by greedy politicians or immigrants but rather by a system that promised generous benefits to a very large generation that did not have enough children to finance all of these expensive promises. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

In its current form, the bill requires the assessment of restitution shortfalls that occurred before July 12, 2019. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Austerity in the Eighties further denatured the relationship between schools and students, with shortfalls in public spending on capital projects—new dorms, athletic facilities—mostly assumed by students in the form of higher tuition. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026