shortcoming
Example Sentences
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"I am an individual with many faults and shortcomings and truly a minor seminarian," he admitted in his first speech in office.
From BBC
“I am an individual with many faults and shortcomings and truly a minor seminarian.”
From Los Angeles Times
Despite these shortcomings, “The Death of Trotsky” is a tremendously readable book with a haunting message: Vengeance never sleeps.
It’s clear that George has married above himself, but his shortcomings come off as risible rather than oppressive, and it’s hard not to feel protective of him as he’s being pummeled to a pulp.
From Los Angeles Times
Mrie’s memoir is a useful primer, if hardly the last word, on the complexities of the civil war and the shortcomings of the rebel forces.
From Los Angeles Times
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