fall short
/fɔl ʃoɹt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
Example Sentences
- "I did my best, but fell far short of the score cutoff."
- "Ample proof that the maintenance of locomotives and track in the mid-Victorian era sometimes fell far short of present-day standards is afforded by an accident which occurred on July 3, 1866, near Royston, on the Cambridge branch of the Great Northern Railway."
- "They have fallen short on so many occasions that an England team who rises to the occasion are worthy of the highest praise."
- "But if being is not a whole through being affected by that affection, and there is such a thing as the whole itself, it follows that being falls short of itself."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɔl ʃoɹt/