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  • unsatisfying

    unsatisfactory

  • distasteful

    unsatisfactory

  • discouraging

    unsatisfactory

  • depressing

    unsatisfactory

  • unpleasant

    unsatisfactory

  • mediocre

  • disheartening

  • disconcerting

  • frustrating

  • decline

    fail to attain goal, be unsuccessful

  • fall

    fail to attain goal, be unsuccessful

  • flop

    be unsuccessful, fail

  • fold

    fail to attain goal, be unsuccessful

  • abort

    fail to attain goal, be unsuccessful

  • fizzle

    fail to attain goal, fail

  • break down

    fail

  • fall flat

    fail miserably, fail

  • fall through

  • misfire

    fail miserably, fail

  • come apart

    fail miserably

  • fail

    diminish, mislay

  • suffer

    mislay

  • squander

    mislay

  • drop

    diminish, mislay

  • waste

    mislay, become smaller

  • surrender

  • forget

  • give up

  • backfire

  • peter out

    diminish

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Synonyms for Falling short. (2016). Retrieved 2023, April 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/synonyms/falling_short

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What are ONE-word synonyms, existing as a LONE verb, for the verb phrase ‘fall short of’?

I already know, and so ask NOT, about ‘trail’ (suggested by OED’s thesaurus) or ‘fail’ or ‘miss’.
This search reminds me of the irregular French verb ‘faillir’.

(Optional to Read) Only ‘fall short of’ (or its inflections) may be reworded. Do NOT rephrase or rewrite or limit your advice to the examples below. Please answer in general and in the main.

[Example 1] It will be the more impossible for France to draw the Western Country under her influence, by conciliatory regulations of the trade thro’ the Mississipi; because regulations which would be regarded by her as liberal, and claiming returns of gratitude, would be viewed on the other side as falling short of justice.

[Example 2] A Similar vigor throughout the Union may perhaps produce effects as far exceeding our present hopes[,] as they have heretofore fallen short of our wishes.

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fall short

To fail to meet or reach some goal, standard, expectation, etc. The company usually makes very high-quality devices, but their latest model falls quite short, unfortunately. The athlete had an impressive performance on the field, but she fell short of first place by just a few points. It’s the third quarter in a row in which our sales have fallen short. If things don’t improve soon, I don’t know how we’ll be able to keep going.

fall short of (something)

To fail to meet or reach something, usually a goal, standard, or requirement. The phone falls quite short of the company’s usual quality, feeling a bit cheap as a result. Unfortunately, your application fell short of the requirements for entry, so it has been denied. The company fell short of their quarterly targets for the third time in a row.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

fall short

to lack something; to lack enough of something, such as money, time, etc. We fell short of money at the end of the month. Tom fell short of cash and had to borrow from me.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fall short (of)

1 (of a missile) fail to reach its target. 2 be deficient or inadequate; fail to reach a required goal.

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

fall short

1. To fail to attain a specified amount, level, or degree: an athlete whose skill fell far short of expectations.

2. To prove inadequate: Food supplies fell short.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fall short (of), to

To fail to attain a certain standard; to be insufficient. The expression comes from archery, horseshoes, and other activities in which a missile may fall to the ground before reaching the desired goal, or mark (it is sometimes put as falling short of the mark). The essayist William Hazlitt wrote, “Cavanagh’s blows were not undecided and ineffectual—lumbering like Mr. Wordsworth’s epic poetry, nor wavering like Mr. Coleridge’s lyric prose, nor short of the mark like Mr. Brougham’s speeches” (Table Talk, 1821–22).

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer

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falling short

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Definition of falling shortnext

present participle of fall short

1

as in striking out

to be unsuccessful

The movie fell short of its viewers’ expectations.

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  • striking out

  • collapsing

  • failing

  • flopping

  • flaming out

  • falling flat

  • folding

  • washing out

  • missing

  • struggling

  • coming up empty

  • dying on the vine

  • coming to grief

  • falling on one’s face

  • bombing

  • laying an egg

  • coming a cropper

  • flunking

  • tanking

  • cratering

  • foundering

  • going under

  • declining

  • crashing

  • skidding

  • crumbling

  • slipping

  • slumping

  • waning

  • floundering

  • misfiring

  • sinking

  • miscarrying

  • imploding

  • self—destructing


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  • working out

  • going

  • succeeding

  • coming off

  • delivering

  • panning out

  • going over

  • clicking

  • cooking

  • thriving

  • flourishing

  • prospering

  • prevailing

  • winning

  • triumphing

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  • working out

  • going

  • succeeding

  • coming off

  • delivering

  • panning out

  • going over

  • clicking

  • cooking

  • thriving

  • flourishing

  • prospering

  • prevailing

  • winning

  • triumphing

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2

as in falling flat

to go wrong

The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject’s faults as well as his virtues.

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  • falling flat

  • coming to grief

  • coming a cropper

  • failing

  • misfiring

  • miscarrying

  • stalling

  • missing

  • dying

  • flaming out

  • washing out

  • flopping

  • breaking down

  • struggling

  • conking (out)

  • folding

  • crashing

  • fizzling

  • flunking

  • foundering

  • skidding

  • waning

  • floundering

  • bombing

  • slumping

  • tanking

  • slipping

  • busting

  • declining


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  • prevailing

  • succeeding

  • thriving

  • flourishing

  • prospering

  • prevailing

  • succeeding

  • thriving

  • flourishing

  • prospering

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On this page you’ll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to falling short, such as: depressing, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, distasteful, and frustrating.

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985

WORDS RELATED TO FALLING SHORT

  • bitter
  • depressing
  • disagreeable
  • disconcerting
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • displeasing
  • distasteful
  • failing
  • falling short
  • frustrating
  • inadequate
  • ineffective
  • inferior
  • insufficient
  • lame
  • mediocre
  • unfulfilling
  • unhappy
  • uninteresting
  • unpleasant
  • unsatisfying

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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