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Noun: shortcoming  'short,kú-ming
  1. A failing or deficiency
    "that interpretation is an unfortunate shortcoming of our lack of information";
    - defect

Derived forms: shortcomings

Type of: disadvantage

Encyclopedia: Shortcoming

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short-beaked
short-billed
short-billed marsh wren
short-bodied
shortbread
shortbread cookie
shortcake
short-change
short-circuit
shortcoming
shortcut
short-dated
short-eared
shorten
shortened
shortener
shortening
shortfall
shortfin mako
shortgrass