shortcoming
/ˈʃɔːtkʌmɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃɔːtkʌmɪŋ/
shortcoming
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
shor - tco - ming -> shortcoming
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘The first step is to address the shortcomings of our education system.’
- ‘Despite certain shortcomings it succeeds in opening our eyes and minds to the very nature of art itself.’
- ‘Film observers say that the industry needs to sit up and discuss its shortcomings.’
- ‘Many of the postings clearly demonstrate the shortcomings of Scottish education.’
- ‘The many strengths of the book have, I hope, been fully explored, so here are one or two shortcomings.’
- ‘There are clearly still shortcomings in this area, and they must and will be rectified.’
- ‘Of course he had his shortcomings like us all but these were mainly inclined to show up on the home front.’
- ‘Equally damaging, the report has revealed shortcomings in the process of government.’
- ‘The November floods highlighted many shortcomings in the existing flood defences of our region.’
- ‘Jim Duffy made no attempt to hide from the reality of his side's shortcomings.’
- ‘The internet is showing real shortcomings, as users increase and applications diversify.’
- ‘This is a very entertaining book to read, however it suffers from many shortcomings.’
- ‘It would be easy to castigate York for ineptness but their only shortcomings were lack of size and speed.’
- ‘For all their shortcomings, there is more to celebrate in this team than some would have us believe.’
- ‘Unless we are prepared to accept our shortcomings we will never improve our condition.’
- ‘He is frank about what he sees as the shortcomings of his great predecessors.’
- ‘Their youth and beauty also made up for any shortcomings in this area on the part of the wife.’
- ‘The time is at hand to correct all of these shortcomings as a matter of urgency.’
- ‘It's time that politicians stopped blaming their shortcomings on the population.’
- ‘There may well have been shortcomings in the doctoral thesis Dr King submitted.’
Synonyms
inadequacy, failing, fault, deficiency, limitation, weakness, bug, catch, defect, demerit, drawback, flaw, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, lack, lapse, sin, weak point
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