shortfall.
An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Meaning & usage
An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.