How to Use shortcoming in a Sentence
shortcoming
noun
- The main shortcoming of this camera is that it uses up batteries quickly.
- Her lack of attention to detail is her biggest shortcoming.
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Still, Kapler took the fall for the team's shortcomings.
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Rob Maaddi,
Houston Chronicle,
10 Oct. 2019
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In terms of what makes a good movie great, this is a shortcoming.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Feb. 2023
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Some of the same shortcomings were present until the very end.
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Joseph Duarte,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Nov. 2019
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The one real shortcoming is the score, which lays things on a bit thick.
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Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 May 2022
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The view here is that the idea makes some sense, and not because of any shortcoming with Waddle.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2024
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But the crisis could also test some of the shortcomings of the start-up ecosystem.
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Washington Post,
24 Mar. 2020
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The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while.
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Andrew Cunningham,
Ars Technica,
2 Aug. 2024
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But any shortcomings were not, in the end, deal breakers.
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Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
7 Nov. 2019
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This may sound reasonable, but the process has its the shortcomings.
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Joshua Mezrich,
STAT,
2 Mar. 2024
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The biggest shortcoming on defense was the failure to take the ball away from the Lions.
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Kent Somers,
The Arizona Republic,
28 Sep. 2020
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The lack of progress highlights some of Abiy’s shortcomings as a peace-broker.
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The Economist,
19 Oct. 2019
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The one shortcoming that may be a deal breaker for some travelers is the lack of a true spa and pool.
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Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2021
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That’s when the jabs started––and when Cleveland’s offense, the real source of the team’s shortcomings, couldn’t keep up.
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Alaa Abdeldaiem,
SI.com,
23 Sep. 2019
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That’s one of the major shortcomings of the X-ray analysis.
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Jim Robbins,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2023
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Of course, the Yankees were sixth, so their bullpen is hardly a shortcoming.
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Mark Osborne,
ABC News,
25 Oct. 2024
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The shortcoming didn’t stop Atlanta from taking a 3-1 series lead to push the Dodgers’ season to the brink.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 Nov. 2020
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The shortcomings and travails of both countries pain me.
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Lionel Shriver,
Harper's magazine,
16 Sep. 2019
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The Cards didn’t force a turnover, a critical shortcoming.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
27 Nov. 2022
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The finding of a shortcoming doesn’t result in a penalty for banks.
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Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
22 June 2024
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Beachy/Hobby The good news is that the 420+ floor plan solves this major shortcoming and makes better use of its space.
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New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2025
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The shortcoming of this approach was acknowledged at the time.
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University Of Houston Energy Fellows,
Forbes,
6 May 2021
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There’s views into the very nature of his darkness and shortcomings in these pages.
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Julie Tremaine,
Peoplemag,
19 Jan. 2024
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So, the fact that the LG CordZero is missing this feature isn’t a shortcoming in my opinion.
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Maren Estrada,
BGR,
27 July 2022
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Addressing that shortcoming is one of the main tasks of the summit’s second week.
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Matthew Dalton,
WSJ,
7 Nov. 2021
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One shortcoming, the report said: A dearth of women of color.
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David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
27 Oct. 2021
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Cut people some slack and forgive their shortcomings – and your own, too!
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Heller McAlpin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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Running the ball has been a shortcoming for this offense all season.
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Jeff Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Dec. 2022
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Each of these capital allocation strategies carries benefits and shortcomings — and are, at times, in competition.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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