shortcoming
Example Sentences
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One shortcoming, by the way, of this menu is it works best for established firms that know what they’ve built.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
But spokesman Pitambar Ghimire admitted that "our only shortcoming is proper implementation".
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
The CDC created the center to address a major shortcoming laid bare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
And, he added: "I would not advise that this shortcoming should be taken as a breach of the ministerial code, but you will want to consider her ongoing responsibilities in the light of this."
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
But here his crucial intellectual shortcoming came to the fore: he was not a particularly gifted experimentalist.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.