shortcoming

Roget category 304

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#304. [motion short of] Shortcoming

noun

shortcoming, failure — falling short etc. v. — default, defalcation — leeway — labor in vain, no go.
incompleteness etc. 53 — imperfection etc. 651 — insufficiency etc. 640 — noncompletion etc. 730 — failure etc. 732.

verb

303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short — not reach — want — keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass.
break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to nothing — fall through, fall to the ground — cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail — lose ground — miss stays.

adjective

unreached — deficient — short, short of — minus — out of depth — perfunctory etc. (neglect) 460.

adverb

within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds — behindhand — re infecta [Lat.] — to no purpose — for from it.

phrase

the bubble burst.

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