shortfall
Example Sentences
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However, in 2020, a big shortfall in its pension fund caused the business to collapse, and a man called Nicholas Marks bought the company out of administration, promising to keep the business going.
From BBC
The accounts forecast a cash shortfall this summer - even before the "severe but plausible scenario" of dropping into the Championship.
From BBC
The issue is part of the continuing fallout from a $1-billion budget shortfall the city faced last year.
From Los Angeles Times
Aberdeenshire Council officials said that without an increase in income, the council was facing a shortfall of more than £17.5m in funding.
From BBC
Food was plentiful and activities carried on, though some properties had staffing shortfalls due to shelter-in-place orders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
