shortcomingn.

Etymology: < phrase to come short: see short adj. 8c, 1dIn 1847 censured by De Quincey as a Scotticism (Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 89).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshortcoming.

The condition or fact of coming short; an instance of this.

1. Failure to come up to a standard of excellence or to fulfil a duty; a defect. (Chiefly in plural).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or shortcoming

delinquency1606

shortcominga1687

limitation1732

dereliction1801

undershoot1934

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming

wanec888

waningc1320

brist1340

insufficience1486

insufficiency1531

want1553

deficiency1664

shortcominga1687

shortfall1895

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > moral defect

lackc1200

vice1338

default1340

fault1377

infirmity1382

wallet1528

flaw1586

failing1590

leak1597

delinquency1606

tare?1608

shortcominga1687

a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 222 A just Sensibleness..of our unworthy Short-comings.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vi. 381 He sounded,..the note of Jacobinism, to hide past shortcomings.

1845 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. June 170 He had no eye for our faults and shortcomings.

1860 C. Dickens Let. 2 May (1997) IX. 245 The shortcomings of representative Government.

1885 A. C. Swinburne Study of Victor Hugo (1886) vi. 84 Such..shortcomings as will probably be detected in a work which at least lays no claim to completeness.

1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. iv. 106 A confession of shortcoming.

2. Failure to reach the required or expected amount, a deficiency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall

shortcoming1801

shortfall1895

1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 441 A short-coming of the proprietor's rent.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lviii. 577 There were no short-comings anywhere, in anything but money.

1889 Standard 16 Apr. 4/8 How can this shortcoming [in the budget] be made good?

Derivatives

ˈshortcoming adj. defective.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short

short1390

half-strained1683

unheavenly1752

unsplendid1809

unparadised1829

off-colour1876

sketchy1878

shortcoming1889

not-quite1920

1889 R. Brydall Art in Scotl. xii. 246 His works are carefully finished and drawn, but rather shortcoming in colour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	shortcoming
释义	shortcomingn. Etymology: < phrase to come short: see short adj. 8c, 1dIn 1847 censured by De Quincey as a Scotticism (Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 89).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshortcoming. The condition or fact of coming short; an instance of this. 1. Failure to come up to a standard of excellence or to fulfil a duty; a defect. (Chiefly in plural). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or shortcoming delinquency1606 shortcominga1687 limitation1732 dereliction1801 undershoot1934 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming wanec888 waningc1320 brist1340 insufficience1486 insufficiency1531 want1553 deficiency1664 shortcominga1687 shortfall1895 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > moral defect lackc1200 vice1338 default1340 fault1377 infirmity1382 wallet1528 flaw1586 failing1590 leak1597 delinquency1606 tare?1608 shortcominga1687 a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 222 A just Sensibleness..of our unworthy Short-comings. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vi. 381 He sounded,..the note of Jacobinism, to hide past shortcomings. 1845 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. June 170 He had no eye for our faults and shortcomings. 1860 C. Dickens Let. 2 May (1997) IX. 245 The shortcomings of representative Government. 1885 A. C. Swinburne Study of Victor Hugo (1886) vi. 84 Such..shortcomings as will probably be detected in a work which at least lays no claim to completeness. 1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. iv. 106 A confession of shortcoming. 2. Failure to reach the required or expected amount, a deficiency. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall shortcoming1801 shortfall1895 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 441 A short-coming of the proprietor's rent. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lviii. 577 There were no short-comings anywhere, in anything but money. 1889 Standard 16 Apr. 4/8 How can this shortcoming [in the budget] be made good? Derivatives ˈshortcoming adj. defective. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short short1390 half-strained1683 unheavenly1752 unsplendid1809 unparadised1829 off-colour1876 sketchy1878 shortcoming1889 not-quite1920 1889 R. Brydall Art in Scotl. xii. 246 His works are carefully finished and drawn, but rather shortcoming in colour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1687
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