Definitions for fall short
fall short

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1. fall short, come shortverb

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

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1. fall shortverb

   to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient

Matched Categories

1. • Disappoint

Anagrams for fall short »

1. short-fall

2. shortfall

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fall short in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fall short in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fall short in a Sentence

1. Ronit Lupu:

   On completion of the excavations at Shu?fat, it is quite evident that there was a thriving settlement in the Jerusalem area in ancient times. Thousands of years later, the buildings uncovered are of a standard that would not fall short of Jerusalem’s architecture, this discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   When goals are set, they're set to be able to stimulate us to get to that goal, if you don't meet the precise goal and you fall short by a few percent, that doesn't mean you stop in your effort to get people vaccinated, we have always held that July 4 is not the end of it. We want to reach 70% of the adult population by the Fourth of July. I believe we can, I hope we will and if we don't, we're going to continue to keep pushing.

3. Confucius:

   To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

4. Steny Hoyer:

   We’re not going to fall short of a majority, so I do n’t really have to consider that.

5. Ruth Kimmelshue:

   Despite our collective efforts, our industry will fall short of a 2020 goal to eliminate deforestation, the climate is changing and there is an urgent need to take action to end deforestation.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fall short
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fall_Short