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shortfall
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, wantageFor further exploring for "shortfall" in Webster Dictionary Online