shortfall
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl/
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déficit
- Due to unforeseen expenses, we are experiencing a shortfall in our budget for this project.
- budget shortfall
- supply shortfall
- revenue shortfall
You know, there's a huge, there's a shortfall of real estate in America.
- You know, there's a huge, there's a shortfall of real estate in America.
- What are the possible shortfalls of that kind of situation?
- So, what are some of the underlying reasons for this shortfall?
- It's that ability and eagerness to identify gaps in logic or a shortfalls in evidence based argumentation.
- But capacity was the, the most glaring shortfall, you know, the, the weaponry that we needed to pursue the struggle.
- France also went back to the old way of issuing irredeemable debt to make up for tax shortfalls and borrowing in a haphazard way as needed.
- Expected shortfall calculates the average of the losses in the worst X percent of cases.
- For public transportation systems in not affect cities, fewer commuters are leading to budget deficits and massive projected shortfalls.
- Now, if people are not buying fuel, you know, how does the government make up that shortfall from the money they make out of fuel, which is quite a lot, I understand.
- But but the shortfall is not something that's happening in the future.
- And then you start to get you start to address training for shortfalls and standard shortfalls and all the other ways in which we've lost our way.
Examples
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Big Deals were still a hot topic, but with funding shortfalls, libraries had to make difficult decisions.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that the shortfall could be three or four times that figure.
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But the rights to this story alone will make up for the shortfall this summer.
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The academic evaluation highlighted a shortfall in the program.
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Expected shortfall calculates the average of the losses in the worst X percent of cases.
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It will help us with the shortfall.
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Why don't we just ask David to cover the shortfall.
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Although this is true, the revenue shortfall can be predicted, and water rates can be increased accordingly.
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Madagascar has been plagued by chronic shortfalls in rice production since the colonial period began.
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Ethiopia is experiencing more frequent and drastic shortfalls of food production that lead to ever-increasing food imports.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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4.3
An amount by which money or resources are less than needed
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2.7
Not having enough of something people need, like food or water
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4.5
Not having enough of something that is needed
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5.8
A lack of enough skill, quality, or amount to meet a need
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Etymology
Shortfall comes from short ('not enough') and fall ('to drop'), like 'falling short' of a target. So a shortfall is the amount by which something is less than expected or needed.