Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fall short of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
fal-l short- of
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

v

fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example

Questions

What does fall short of mean?
fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example

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