Synonyms for fall short
fall short

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be defeated, come short, fail, lose, miscarry, miss

   Antonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, succeed, thrive, win

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1. fall short, come shortverb

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

   Synonyms:
   come short

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1. • Disappoint

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   fail, be deficient

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be deficient, be inadequate

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How to use fall short in a sentence?

1. Flavio Volpe:

   If you’re not asking what more you can do, we’re all going to fall short.”

2. Noel White:

   The discrete challenges we've encountered this quarter now lead us to believe we will fall short of our previously stated guidance.

3. Niels Christensen:

   The poor Chinese data is fuelling risk aversion, but that is slowly giving way to some positioning adjustment before the ECB meeting, given expectations are so high that the ECB will ease policy, there is a chance that it could fall short and we could see a bounce in the euro.

4. Laura Jaworski:

   Autumn is a place where words fall short. It is a magic that must be felt, breathed, experienced, and treasured.”

5. Jonathan Isaac:

   For me Black lives are supported through the gospel. All lives are supported through the gospel, we all have things that we do wrong and sometimes it gets to a place that we're pointing fingers at who's wrong is worst. Or who's wrong is seen, so I feel like the Bible tells us that we all fall short of God's glory. That will help bring us closer together and get past skin color. And get past anything that's on the surface and doesn't really get into the hearts or men and women.