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What is the noun for short-fall?

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shortfall
  1. An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations.
  2. The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Many employees were laid due to the company's shortfall in revenue.”
      “His greatest shortfall is that he closes himself off, in self-protective loneliness.”
      “To help alleviate a shortfall of 1,900 captains, the U.S. Army will promote officers earlier to the rank of captain beginning in October.”
shortfalling
  1. A falling short; failure to meet an expectation or standard.
short-fall
  1. Alternative spelling of shortfall
  2. Examples:
    1. “The short-fall was made more acute by the fact that the areas in the west of the province had richer soils, and were more abundantly irrigated.”
      “Immigrants have swelled the ranks of young age groups as the baby bust has aged, filling in a short-fall in demand created by the baby bust, according to Fannie Mae's Berson.”
shortfallings
  1. plural of shortfalling
short-falls
  1. plural of short-fall
shortfalls
  1. plural of shortfall
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Met is doubtless reorganizing and retooling to deal with those budget shortfalls.”
      “In both cases the drawdown of fund balances came relatively early, as states reacted to the emerging revenue shortfalls.”
      “Thanks to funding shortfalls, the film sat in post-production for almost four years before reaching completion.”
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