falling short

Alternative names

falling-short

Synonyms

short failing deviation disappointing defalcation unsatisfying

Antonyms

logging figuring doing sprouting starring clicking
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Examples

There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it. Veronica Roth

To attempt to write seriously is always, I feel, to fail - the disjunction between my beautifully sonorous, accurate and painfully affecting mental content, and the leaden, halting sentences on the page always seems a dreadful falling short. Will Self

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short. Juliet Stevenson

In Andrew Motion's book, we have the constant sense that Larkin is somehow falling short of the cloudless emotional health enjoyed by, for instance, Andrew Motion. Martin Amis

Going beyond is as bad as falling short. Chinese Proverb

After years of falling short, Katarina Johnson-Thompson ended her wait for her first global outdoor title by powering to heptathlon gold at the World Championships in Doha, beating 2017 champion Nafissatou Thiam with a British record 6,981 points. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

falling short

Close letter words and terms

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