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Meaning of Shortfall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
  2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

Equivalents

العربية النقص
Български дефицит
Bosanski brak deficit manjak дефицит мањак
Deutsch Engpass
Español deficiencia déficit insuficiencia
فارسی کمبود
Suomi alijäämä puuttuminen vajaus vaje
Français défaut de paiement insuffisance manquement
Hrvatski brak deficit manjak дефицит мањак
Magyar kiesés
Kurdî brak
Polski brak krótka kołdra manko niedobór niedostatek zadyszka
Português insuficiência
Русский дефицит
Српски brak deficit manjak дефицит мањак

Examples

“Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shortfalling Shortfalls shortfic shortfin shortgevity shortgown

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