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

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1. fall short

   To "fall short" means to fail to reach a specific goal, standard, or desired outcome. It refers to not meeting expectations or not achieving the level of success that was anticipated or aimed for.

Matched Categories

1. • Disappoint

Anagrams for fall short »

1. short-fall

2. shortfall

How to pronounce fall short?

1. Alex

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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. Chief Executive Officer Mauro Moretti:

   We have to consider the interest of our investors... and it is reasonable to give them a choice... but I do not want to fall short of resources for investments.

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. President Barack Obama:

   I'm less concerned about the precise number, because let's stipulate right now, whatever various country targets are, it's still going to fall short of what the science requires.

4. Su Tseng-chang:

   This might fall short of expectations, but after all it's a start.

5. Confucius:

   To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

References

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