shortfall

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: short=fall

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shortfall, n. a deficit below what was expected.

THESAURUS

shortfall

absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, beggary, decline, defalcation, default, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, delinquency, deprivation, destitution, drought, failure, falling short, famine, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness, inferiority, insufficiency, lack, need, omission, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, slump, starvation, underage, want, wantage