See shortcoming in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The condition or fact of being deficient:
defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, underage1. See excessSomething that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure:
blemish, bug, defect, fault, flaw, imperfection. See beautiful, better, helpAn imperfection of character:
failing, fault, foible, frailty, infirmity, weakness, weak point. See better, help
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