Shortfall

Synonyms for "shortfall" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Noun(4 words)

deficit shortage deficiency deficits

absence arrear arrearage arrears beggary decline defalcation default defect defectiveness deficiency deficit

Strong matches (23)

delinquency deprivation destitution drought failurefalling shortfamine imperfection impoverishment inadequacy incompleteness inferiority insufficiency lack

Noun(8 words)

dent dentsdiscrepancy prepositionfall behindfiscal deficitgapsgovernmental budget deficithole

Adjective(1 words)

incomplete amount

Related words (38)

Noun(26 words)

lacunae losing loss meagernessmoney lostnonfulfillment overdraft overdrafts paltriness privationsscarcity of datashortages shortchange shortchanges shortcoming shortcomings thieuundercounting votesunderestimate underproduction

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undershoot undershooting undershoots understock undersupplyyield loss

need omissionshort measureshortage shortcoming slump starvation underage want wantage

Verb(2 words)

underbid undercharge

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

6 entries

constraint deficiency failure inadequacy insufficiency shortage

More specific

8 entries

assignment shortfallbudget shortfalldelivery shortfallfunding shortfallproduction shortfallrevenue shortfallsupply shortfalltest-score shortfall

Collocations

5 entries

attendance shortfallbudget shortfallfunding shortfallrevenue shortfallshortfall in funds

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A budget deficit will occur because of a revenue shortfall.

Source: tatoeba (272432)

Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.

Source: wiktionary

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