Associations to the word «Shortfall»

Wiktionary

SHORTFALL, noun. An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount.
SHORTFALL, noun. The amount by which a quota is missed; the amount missing.

Dictionary definition

SHORTFALL, noun. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King