English noun: shortfall | |||
1. | shortfall (attribute) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | ||
Samples | New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit. | ||
Synonyms | deficit, shortage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | oxygen deficit | ||