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English noun: shortfall

1. shortfall (attribute) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required


SamplesNew blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit.


Synonymsdeficit, shortage


Broader (hypernym)deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency


Narrower (hyponym)oxygen deficit









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