What is another word for shortcoming?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈɔːtkʌmɪŋ] (IPA)

When it comes to expressing the idea of shortcomings, there are a variety of different synonyms that can be used depending on the context. Common alternatives to the word "shortcoming" include "weakness," "deficiency," "flaw," "imperfection," "limitation," and "fault." Other possibilities include "blemish," "inadequacy," "drawback," and "restriction." Each of these words conveys a slightly different nuance, and some may be more appropriate than others depending on the specific situation. By using a variety of synonyms for "shortcoming," writers and speakers can add depth and complexity to their communication, enhancing their ability to convey a clear and nuanced message.

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What are the hyponyms for Shortcoming?

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What are the opposite words for shortcoming?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. When it comes to the word "shortcoming," which means a fault or deficiency in someone or something, there are several antonyms that denote the opposite, such as strength, asset, advantage, strength, excellence, virtue, and proficiency. Each of these words highlights something positive that can be found in a person or thing, rather than a weakness or limitation. For example, instead of focusing on someone's shortcomings, one can focus on their strengths and assets. Similarly, instead of seeing a product's shortcoming, one can focus on its profits and benefits. Both in personal and professional contexts, understanding and utilizing antonyms of "shortcoming" can help individuals and organizations improve their performance and achieve their goals.

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Usage examples for Shortcoming

To be sure, until recently we had the same shortcoming in industrial enterprises of the factories.
"Psychology and Social Sanity"
Hugo Münsterberg
Unhappily, its realisation came too late to permit him to do justice to his talent and his humour; and he himself was only too conscious of his sad shortcoming, or, rather, of his failing powers.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
She believed it was some fault, some shortcoming, of hers that had kept it from her.
"The Crooked House"
Brandon Fleming

Famous quotes with Shortcoming

  • It is not the critic that counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or the doer of deeds could have them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the Arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming but he who does actually strive to do the deed who knows the great devotion who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory nor defeat.
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
    Brian Quintana
  • 'You were compelled to?' he repeated. 'You mean you weren't sufficiently powerful to resist?' 'In order to seize power,' replied the dictator, 'I had to take it from those that had it, and in order to keep it I had to employ it against those that sought to deprive me of it.' The chef's hat gave a nod. 'An old, old story. It has been repeated a thousand times, but no one believes it. That's why it will be repeated a thousand times more.' The dictator felt suddenly exhausted. He would gladly have sat down to rest, but the old man and the children walked on and he followed them. 'What about you?' he blurted out, when he had caught the old man up. 'What do you know of power? Do you seriously believe that anything great can be achieved on earth without it?' 'I?' said the old man. 'I cannot tell great from small.' 'I wanted power so that I could give the world justice,' bellowed the dictator, and blood began to trickle afresh from the wound in his forehead, 'but to get it I had to commit injustice, like anyone who seeks power. I wanted to end oppression, but to do so I had to imprison and execute those who opposed me - I became an oppressor despite myself. To abolish violence we must use it, to eliminate human misery we must inflict it, to render war impossible we must wage it, to save the world we must destroy it. Such is the true nature of power.' Chest heaving, he had once more barred the old man's path with his pistol ready.' 'Yet you love it still,' the old man said softly. 'Power is the supreme virture!' The dictator's voice quavered and broke. 'But its sole shortcoming is sufficient to spoil the whole: it can never be absolute - that's what makes it so insatiable. The only true form of power is omnipotence, which can never be attained, hence my disenchantment with it. Power has cheated me.' 'And so,' said the old man, 'you have become the very person you set out to fight. It happens again and again. That is why you cannot die.' The dictator slowly lowered his gun. 'Yes,' he said, 'you're right. What's to be done?' 'Do you know the legend of the Happy Monarch?' asked the old man. ... 'When the Happy Monarch came to build the huge, mysterious palace whose planning alone had occupied ten whole years of his life, and to which marvelling crowds made pilgrimage long before its completion, he did something strange. No one will ever know for sure what made him do it, whether wisdom or self-hatred, but the night after the foundation stone had been laid, when the site was dark and deserted, he went there in secret and buried a termites' nest in a pit beneath the foundation stone itself. Many decades later - almost a life time had elapsed, and the many vicissitudes of his turbulent reign had long since banished all thought of the termites from his mind - when the unique building was finished at last and he, its architect and author, first set foot on the battlements of the topmost tower, the termites, too, completed their unseen work. We have no record of any last words that might shed light on his motives, because he and all his courtiers were buried in the dust and rubble of the fallen palace, but long-enduring legend has it that, when his almost unmarked body was finally unearthed, his face wore a happy smile.'
    Michael Ende
  • While the stranger is present before us, evidence can arise of his possessing an attribute that makes him different from others in the category of persons available for him to be, and of a less desirable kind – in the extreme, a person who is quite thoroughly bad, or dangerous, or weak. He is thus reduced in our minds from a whole and usual person to a tainted, discounted one. Such an attribute is a stigma, especially when its discrediting effect is very extensive; sometimes it is also called a failing, a shortcoming, a handicap. It constitutes a special discrepancy between virtual and actual social identity.
    Erving Goffman
  • As for population, major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet.
    Robert A. Heinlein

Related words: shortcomings, weaknesses, inadequacies, deficiencies, pitfalls

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