Another word for shortfall | Synonyms for shortfall

Another word for shortfall

noun

The condition or fact of being deficient:

defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, underage¹. See excess

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Taxpayer money was used to make up an estimated $150 billion shortfall in FSLIC reserves to make sure that savings and loan customers were reimbursed for their losses.
Deficit-A shortfall or slowdown in development, possibly related to a disorder that slows or interrupts normal childhood development.
The FHA-insured mortgage will pay a lender any shortfall should a home sell for less than the amount borrowed.
Fundraising can help your team make up the shortfall where school or organizational funding leaves off.

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