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71Noncompletion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Noncompletion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 noncompletion noncompletion nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 shortcoming shortcoming &c. 304 Sgm: N 1 incompleteness incompleteness &c. 53 Sgm: N 1 drawn battle drawn battle drawn game …
72fault — n 1 imperfection, deficiency, shortcoming Analogous words: flaw, defect, *blemish: weakness, infirmity (see corresponding adjectives at WEAK) Antonyms: excellence 2 Fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice are comparable when they mean an… …
73defect — de•fect n. [[t]ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt[/t]] v. [[t]dɪˈfɛkt[/t]] n. 1) a fault or shortcoming; imperfection 2) lack of something essential: a defect in hearing[/ex] 3) to desert a cause, country, etc.: to defect to the West[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425;… …
74ὑστερήσεις — ὑστέρημα shortcoming fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) ὑστέρημα shortcoming fem nom/acc pl (attic) ὑστέρησις fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) ὑστέρησις fem nom/acc pl (attic) ὑστερέω to be behind aor subj act 2nd sg (epic) ὑστερέω to be behind fut ind act… …
75handicap — [n1] disadvantage affliction, baggage*, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup*, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage*, restriction,… …
76fault — Negligence; an error or defect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation from prudence, duty, or rectitude; any shortcoming, or neglect of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity, or perversity; a wrong tendency, course, or act; …
77fault — Negligence; an error or defect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation from prudence, duty, or rectitude; any shortcoming, or neglect of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity, or perversity; a wrong tendency, course, or act; …
78fault — [fôlt] n. [ME faute < OFr faulte, a lack < VL * fallita < * fallitus, for L falsus: see FALSE] 1. Obs. failure to have or do what is required; lack 2. something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; defect or failing 3.… …
79short·com·ing — /ˈʃoɚtˌkʌmıŋ/ noun, pl ings [count] 1 : a weakness in someone s character : a personal fault or failing Her lack of attention to detail is her biggest shortcoming. usually plural He has many more strengths than shortcomings. 2 : a bad feature : a …
80Deficiencies — Deficiency De*fi cien*cy, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. A deficiency of blood. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably… …
