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 | ||