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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crack |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, cleavage, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure |
| Main Entry: | scar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, hurt |
| Synonyms: | beat, blemish, brand, cut, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, injure, maim, mar, pinch, score, scratch, slash, stab, traumatize |
| Antonyms: | perfect, smooth |
| Main Entry: | shortcoming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weak point |
| Synonyms: | bug*, catch*, defect, deficiency, demerit, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, lack, lapse, sin, weakness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, strong point, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shortfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit; imperfection |
| Synonyms: | arrears, default, defectiveness, deficiency, flaw, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, red ink, shortage, shortcoming, underage |
| Main Entry: | slipup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof, lapse, miscalculation, miscue, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, misunderstanding, oversight, screwup, slight, stumble, transgression |
| Main Entry: | speck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, blemish, blot, crumb, defect, dot, fault, flaw, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, mark, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, particle, point, shred, smidgen, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | atom, blemish, blot, blotch, daub, discoloration, dollop, dram, drop, flaw, iota, jot, little bit, mite, molecule, mote, nip, particle, pimple, pinch, shot, smidgen, smudge, snort, speck, taint, whit |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contamination, corruption |
| Synonyms: | black mark, blemish, blot, contagion, defect, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, infection, pollution, shame, smear, spot, stain, stigma |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, perfection |
| Main Entry: | undoing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction, misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad omen, bane, blight, blow, blunder, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, collapse, curse, defeat, destroyer, difficulty, disgrace, doom, downfall, error, failure, fault, faux pas, flaw, fumble, grief, humiliation, last straw, misadventure, miscalculation, mischance, mishap, misstep, omission, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, ruin, ruination, shame, slip, smash, stumble, subversion, trial, trip, trouble, visitation, weakness, wreck |
| Antonyms: | building, creation, doing, good fortune |
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