Fall-short synonyms

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be deficient
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fail
To give way or be made otherwise useless as a result of excessive strain:
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come-short
fail to meet (expectations or standards)
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be lacking
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need (related)
Need is defined as to want, desire or require.
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Fall-short Sentence Examples

  • Only in Japan did the brand's sales fall short of the double digits.

  • The small-livings fund aims at bringing up to £200 a year all stipends which fall short of that sum, of which there are nearly 400.

  • Certain waterfleas (Cladocera) fall short of one-hundredth of an inch in total length; the giant Japanese crab (Macrocheira) can span over Io ft.

  • Plutarch remarked the fact that the Greek myths of Cronus, of Dionysus, of Apollo and the Python, and of Demeter, " all the things that are shrouded in mystic ceremonies and are presented in rites," " do not fall short in absurdity of the legends about Osiris and Typhon."

  • ambulant disabled people also fall short of the ideal.

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