Roget's Thesaurus

#304. Shortcoming

Nouns

shortcoming, failure; falling short etc. v.; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go. incompleteness etc. 53; imperfection etc. 651; insufficiency etc. 640; noncompletion etc. 730; failure etc. 732.

Verbs

303, 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. break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.

Adjectives

unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory etc. (neglect) 460.

Adverbs

within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds; behindhand; re infecta [Lat.]; to no purpose; for from it.

Phrases

the bubble burst.