shortcomings

NOUN

weak point

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defect deficiency drawback failing fault flaw frailty imperfection lack lapse sin weakness

STRONG

bug catch demerit infirmity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit enough extra perfection plenty strength strong point

WEAK

success

Example Sentences

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Even as Jassy talked up the potential for Amazon’s AI assistant, he noted shortcomings elsewhere in AI shopping.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Brandon Webb is talking the way parents do when their kids aren’t around—tallying their strengths and foibles, failures and wins, and the extent to which his own shortcomings as a father may have contributed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Sherman cast some of those shortcomings as the cost of reaching any agreement at all.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

But it’s the BBC’s negligence that highlights both the importance of “I Swear” and its innate shortcomings.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

He brooded at length over what he perceived to be his father’s moral shortcomings, the hypocrisy of his parents' lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer