shortcomings
weaknesses
TRANSLATION
shortcomings = die Mängel, die Defizite --- GOOGLE INDEX shortcomings: approximately 25,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The auditor found similar SHORTCOMINGS in a 2010 report and urged the agencies at that time to more closely track the spending.
(Los Angeles Times)
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Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same SHORTCOMINGS you have.
(American sports agent)
(Los Angeles Times)
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Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same SHORTCOMINGS you have.
(American sports agent)
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shortcoming
noun
- a fault
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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A shortcoming is a weakness, a failure, a deficit, a problem. It's simply another way of saying that something is "coming up short" of what is expected or needed.
For some people, math is a shortcoming in school for instance. Not being able to speak the language in a foreign country where you reside is a shortcoming. If a company has difficulty providing good customer service, that can be a real shortcoming, which in this case is a disadvantage.
Short appears in a wide range of other useful compound words such as:
- shortfall = similar to shortcoming, it means an amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed (The drought caused a significant shortfall in the water supplies).
- shortchange (verb) = to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you (The restaurant shortchanged me 2 euros!) or to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve (Patients are being shortchanged due to cuts in hospital staff).
- shortsighted (adjective) = lacking a long-term view of things (The company's problems can be traced to a shortsighted marketing strategy)
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SYNONYMS
defect, deficiency, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, weakness
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"Not speaking English is a shortcoming for most high-paid jobs in Germany."
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noun
- a fault
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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A shortcoming is a weakness, a failure, a deficit, a problem. It's simply another way of saying that something is "coming up short" of what is expected or needed.
For some people, math is a shortcoming in school for instance. Not being able to speak the language in a foreign country where you reside is a shortcoming. If a company has difficulty providing good customer service, that can be a real shortcoming, which in this case is a disadvantage.
Short appears in a wide range of other useful compound words such as:
- shortfall = similar to shortcoming, it means an amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed (The drought caused a significant shortfall in the water supplies).
- shortchange (verb) = to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you (The restaurant shortchanged me 2 euros!) or to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve (Patients are being shortchanged due to cuts in hospital staff).
- shortsighted (adjective) = lacking a long-term view of things (The company's problems can be traced to a shortsighted marketing strategy)
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SYNONYMS
defect, deficiency, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, weakness
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Not speaking English is a shortcoming for most high-paid jobs in Germany."
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Thanks to Volker for suggesting today's word!
