Shortfall

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shortfall
       n : the property of being an amount by which something is less
           than expected or required [syn: {deficit}, {shortage}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortfall":
     absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, beggary, decline, defalcation,
     default, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, delinquency,
     deprivation, destitution, drought, failure, falling short, famine,
     imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness,
     inferiority, insufficiency, lack, need, omission, short measure,
     shortage, shortcoming, slump, starvation, underage, want,
     wantage