Similar words: fall short of, short, shorts, in short, shortly, shorten, shortage, shortcut. Meaning: n. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
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1) There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.
2) The shortfall in the budget will be made good by selling further shares.
3) There is an estimated shortfall of some five million dwellings across the country.
4) Several staff were made redundant to meet a shortfall of funds.
5) The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
6) Cirrus had warned analysts to expect a significant shortfall.
7) Sloppy accounting was culpable for the shortfall in revenue.
8) Yorkshire Television made good the shortfall and the Electricity Board set to work.
9) Government aides predicted a $4 billion budget shortfall for this year.
10) They know that any shortfall in product quality or deficiency in service is a competitive opportunity.
11) The only shortfall, he said,(http://sentencedict.com/shortfall.html) was of facilities for patients with very difficult and challenging behaviour.
12) Its shortfall is in dealing with individuals, patients and physicians say.
13) This compares with a $ 1. 5 million shortfall last year.
14) However, there is still a shortfall of ￡500,000 which has to be found before negotiations can be concluded.
15) But Taylor insists that the funding shortfall isn't as severe as opponents believe.
16) If they do not meet that shortfall, there will be a sorry start to the future system of community care.
17) Its failing came in the inevitable shortfall between reach and grasp.
18) It follows the discovery of a shortfall in the Anfield books which was spotted by the club accountant.
19) The shortfall was being met by imported eggs from countries where there was no testing or compulsory slaughter of infected flocks.
20) Some analysts say the December sales shortfall helped to push cash flow further into the red than expected, however.
21) The government has refused to make up a ￡30,000 shortfall in funding.
22) Parents have been asked to pay ￡30 each to cover the shortfall in the budget.
23) The districts affected by the drought will face a predicted shortfall of 7.5 million gallons a day.
24) We are interested in how to make good that shortfall.
25) The tax increase would help fill an estimated $ 4 billion shortfall in transportation funding over the next two decades.
26) State lawmakers were criticized for failing to provide money to cover the shortfall.
27) Meantime, the tribe is looking for ways to cover the shortfall.
28) His two main sponsors have dropped out of racing for the moment leaving him chasing a ￡3,000 shortfall.
29) We've had to trim our budget to compensate for a $1.5 million shortfall in revenue.
30) There is a slim chance that you will have to make up the shortfall.
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