SHORTFALL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

Example:

new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit

Synonyms:

deficit; shortage; shortfall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("shortfall" is a kind of...):

deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shortfall"):

oxygen deficit (temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise)