Shortcoming

It is difficult to overcome this shortcoming without drastically changing the whole system.

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.

Her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe.

The shortcoming in infancy is, first off, not knowing the horrible, and secondly, fearing that which should not be feared. The same occurs to the natural man; he ignores where horror truly lies, where the grips of trembles never falter, but rather, shivers at what is not horrible.

They were behind twice, first to James Morrison's 11th-minute strike and then Kenny Miller's effort early in the second half. England responded with goals of their own from Theo Walcott and Daniel Welbeck and, on the balance of play, probably deserved the victory. On the flip-side, they could conceivably have lost because of their various shortcomings in defence. They also have a goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who is a danger to his own team on nights like these.

In truth, I suspect it will take more than the first term of a Labour government to address the shortcomings of the railway system in the North.