Shortcomings

noun

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Noun

1
plural of shortcoming form-of, plural
"England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage."

Synonyms

defect deficiency absence adulteration arrearage arrears

Example

"You are too critical of others' shortcomings."

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