shortfall

Noun

Meaning

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lack loss poverty deficit drought famine shortage deficiency scarcity incompleteness insufficiency inadequacy shortness shortcoming dearth

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Antonyms

surplus avalanche plethora sufficiency excrescent ascertainment

Hypernyms

deficiency insufficiency inadequacy

Hyponyms

oxygen deficit

Phrases with the word

budgetary shortfall financial shortfall budget shortfall capital shortfall force shortfall implementation shortfall

Examples

new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit Source: Internet

Abe's office is believed to have covered a shortfall of at least 1 million yen every year and up to 2.5 million yen in some years. Source: Internet

According to their report, the Fed might experience a shortfall of about N185bn monthly allocations to three tiers of government. Source: Internet

According to Sen, the high birth sex ratio over decades, implies a female shortfall of 11% in Asia, or over 100 million women as missing from the 3 billion combined population of South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and China. Source: Internet

Adjusted EBITDA loss (non-IFRS) was $0.7M for the three months ended June 30, 2020, off $0.1M sequentially due primarily to the shortfall in third party toll processing revenues. Source: Internet

Also, Devon Energy has downside protection with crude oil hedges, which I think minimizes the chances of it facing a large cash flow shortfall this year, even if oil remains weak and volatile. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shortest temper shortest-term shortestness shortfall constraint shortfall risk shortfalling