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What is another word for falling short?

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Verb
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Present participle for to be less satisfactory than expected
disappointing
failing
failing to meet
failing to reach
proving inadequate
failing to live up to
not coming up to scratch
not making the grade
leaving much to be desired
letting down
“Government should use civilized stratagems to arrest those who fall short of the law.”
Verb
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(of a game or contest) Present participle for to fail to win
losing
suffering defeat
capitulating
coming off second-best
failing
falling
succumbing
yielding
bowing out
ceding
collapsing
going down
keeling
losing out
relenting
relinquishing
abdicating
admitting defeat
backing down
bowing
coming to grief
coming up short
defaulting
getting the worst
giving in
going under
having the worst
laying down arms
taking a licking
throwing in the towel
coming a cropper
crashing out
meeting one's Waterloo
suffering
taking a beating
dropping a bundle
coming off second best
getting the worst of it
submitting
folding
Verb
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Present participle for to fail, especially in spectacular fashion
failing
foundering
flopping
yielding
giving
crumpling
falling flat
buckling
falling
collapsing
flunking
backfiring
bombing
floundering
miscarrying
cratering
fizzling
misfiring
missing
tanking
aborting
flatlining
slipping
underperforming
blundering
fluffing
folding
underachieving
going belly-up
falling through
fizzling out
flaming out
missing the mark
not succeeding
running aground
screwing up
biting the dust
breaking down
coming unstuck
going down
lacking success
nosediving
striking out
washing out
coming to naught
coming to nothing
falling by the wayside
going astray
going downhill
hitting the skids
missing the boat
not passing
suffering defeat
coming to grief
falling flat on your face
going by the board
going pear-shaped
going up in smoke
hitting rock bottom
meeting with disaster
not making the grade
turning out badly
coming a cropper
laying an egg
not coming up to scratch
caving in
going awry
going down like a lead balloon
coming unglued
going down the toilet
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Verb
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(of rain, a crop or supply) Present participle for to be insufficient when needed or expected
failing
abating
declining
decreasing
degenerating
deteriorating
diminishing
fizzling
dropping
weakening
withering
miscarrying
flopping
foundering
dwindling
bombing
busting
waning
falling away
dying down
fizzling out
dropping off
going awry
going amiss
dying out
falling through
striking out
breaking down
dying away
ebbing
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Verb
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Present participle for to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of
letting down
disappointing
failing
dissatisfying
frustrating
disillusioning
disenchanting
failing to satisfy
breaking your word
falling short of expectations
dashing hopes
disgruntling
discontenting
Adjective
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Not up to a satisfactory standard
disappointing
inadequate
unsatisfactory
inferior
insufficient
lame
poor
underwhelming
deficient
mediocre
pathetic
pitiful
substandard
anticlimactic
sorry
duff
ropy
rubbish
unacceptable
unfulfilling
unsatisfying
unworthy
bathetic
disagreeable
displeasing
distasteful
failing
ineffective
uninteresting
disillusioning
second-rate
below par
not good enough
not much cop
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
not all it's cracked up to be
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