shortfall
shortfall noun: an instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Noun
shortfall (plural shortfalls)
- 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.
shortfall meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Persian
shortfall in Tamil
- குறைபாடு, துண்டு வீழ்வு
shortfall in Kannada
- ಸಾಲದೆ ಬಂದದ್ದು, ಕೊರತೆ, ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆಯಿರುವುದು
shortfall in Persian
- instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
- کمبود kambud
Forms of shortfall
| plural | shortfalls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | short-fall |
Origin of shortfall
Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.
Words formed from shortfall
- closure shortfall
- force shortfall
- implementation shortfall
- shortfall constraint
- shortfall risk
Questions about shortfall
- What does shortfall mean?
- Shortfall means an instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
- What is shortfall in Tamil?
- Shortfall in Tamil is குறைபாடு, துண்டு வீழ்வு. See Shortfall meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shortfall?
- Shortfall is a noun.
- What is the plural of shortfall?
- The plural of shortfall is shortfalls.
Words near shortfall in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortfall (page history and authors); shortfall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shortfall (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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