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shortcoming

noun
/ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/UK/ˈʃoɹtˌkʌmɪŋ/CA/ˈʃɑɹtˌkʌmɪŋ/

Etymology

From short + coming.

  1. derived from *kwemaną✻ — “to come”
  2. inherited from *kwemandz✻
  3. inherited from cumende
  4. inherited from cominge
  5. compounded as shortcoming — “short + coming”

Definitions

  1. A deficiency or falling short

    A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

    • In truth, I suspect it will take more than the first term of a Labour government to address the shortcomings of the railway system in the North.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at shortcoming. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at shortcoming. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at shortcoming

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA