English Explanatory Dictionary

shortfall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
  2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

Word forms

shortfall shortfalls short-fall

Etymology

Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.

Derived words

closure shortfall force shortfall implementation shortfall shortfall constraint shortfall risk
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