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fall short
adjective as in go without
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall through
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in flop
verb as in let down
verb as in lose
Strong matches
verb as in miscarry
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in misfire
verb as in miss
verb as in shrink
Example Sentences
The Met Police admitted their handling of the case “clearly fell short”.
A child is considered stunted when they fall short of the expected height for their age - a clear sign of critical nutritional gaps.
The orange sections of the map highlight the areas where staffing and services fall short.
“There was hope that through his judgments, he would set things right in a country that is under a strong majoritarian government. But he fell short.”
A statement from Penguin Random House UK added: "It is clear that our publishing standards fell short on this occasion, and we must learn from that."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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