Fall Short Of

Definition: Fall Short Of

Fall Short Of

Verb

1. Fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example.

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Literature

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Contraction

Be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to; (be inferior).

Failure

Verb: fail; be unsuccessful; Adjective: not succeed; make vain efforts;Noun: do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk; lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion; bring to naught, make nothing of; wash a blackamoor white; (impossible); roll the stones of Sisyphus; (useless); do by halves; (not complete); lose ground; (recede); fall short of.

Incompleteness

Verb: be incomplete; Adjective: fall short of; lack; (be insufficient); neglect.

Inferiority

Verb: be inferior; Adjective: fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up to; want.

Noncompletion

Fall short of; do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse.

Shortcoming

Verb:, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass.

Crosswords: Fall Short Of

If you should fall short of your desires (Ain't No Mountain High Enough; performing artist: Diana Ross)

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Of the remaining 28, no less than 26 have sent in accidental solutions, and therefore fall short of the highest honours

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Business

Despite these reforms, the Criminal Procedure Law still would fall short of international standards in many respects if fully implemented. (references)

Children

Andorra

The Government provides free nursery schools, although the number of nursery schools continued to fall short of the needed number. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Although foreign direct investment (FDI) has risen since Independence, current levels fall short of fulfilling Ukraine's basic needs and pale in comparison to that of its Eastern and Central European neighbors. (references)

Spain

Although U.S. products are well respected for their high level of technology and quality, U.S. firms often fall short of their competitors in terms of flexibility on financing, adaptation of product design to local market needs and assistance with marketing and after-sales service. (references)

Political Economy

INDIA

In the wake of September 11, some analysts expect that growth will fall short of these targets, falling below the five percent growth achieved in IFY 1997-98 in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Facilities outside of Cairo fall short of U.S. standards. (references)

Nicaragua

However, they fall short of U.S. standards and are not recommended for serious conditions. (references)

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Expressions using "fall short of": fall short of one's aim ♦ fall short of one's expectation ♦ fall short of the mark. Additional references.

Albanian

nuk barazoj (fall short), dështoj (abort, backfire, fail, fall down, fall short, fall through, flop, go down the drain, go phut, lose, lose out, miscarry). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كان غير كاف, ‏لا يحقق الغرض, ‏قصر عن بلوغ الهدف. (various references)

Bulgarian 

не попадам в целта (fall short of the mark). (various references)

Chinese 

�"上不足�"下有余 (can pass muster, fall short of the best but be better than the worst). (various references)

Czech

nedosáhnout èeho (fall short). (various references)

Dutch

tekortschieten in. (various references)

Esperanto

ekmanki al. (various references)

Finnish

alittaa (be below, underbid). (various references)

French

sans réussir � réaliser son but, sans répondre � notre fin, être insuffisant, échouer (fail, fail through, fall through). (various references)

German

unterschreiten (fall below, to fall short of), unterschreite. (various references)

Hungarian

nem üti meg a mértéket (to fail, to fall short of sg), nem ér a célig (to fall short of the mark), célon innen esik le (to fall short of the mark), alatta marad vminek (to fall short of sg), alatta marad a várakozásnak (to fall short of expectations). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

的に�"しない (fall short of the mark). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まとにたっしない (fall short of the mark). (various references)

Pig Latin

allfay ortshay ofay.(various references)

Romanian

nu reuşi (abort, fail, fall, fall through, flop, miscarry, Miss, slip up). (various references)

Russian 

не хватать (come short, fail, fall short, lack, run short), потерпеть неудачу (abort, come a cropper, come to grief, draw a blank, fall through, fizzle out, go flop, go phut, go to the wall, miscarry), испытывать недостаток в (be short of, come short of). (various references)

Spanish

faltar de, ser insuficiente de. (various references)

Swedish

understiga, underskrida, inte motsvara, inte gå upp mot. (various references)

Turkish

yetmemek (come short of, obviate, run short of smth.), yetişmemek (come short of, get behind, run short of smth.), az gelmek (be insufficient, come short of, run short of smth.). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: footfalls, shortfall.

-3 letters: footfall.

-4 letters: florals, halloos, harlots, holloas, latosol, loofahs, shallot, thralls.

-5 letters: allots, atolls, floats, floors, floral, floras, flotas, froths, halloo, hallos, hallot, harlot, hollas, holloa, hollos, loofah, loofas, lotahs, offals, safrol, shofar, shroff, stroll, tholos, thrall, tolars, torahs, trolls.