Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortcomings

/ʃˈɔɹtkˌʌmɪŋz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: short-com-ings
IPA: /ʃˈɔɹtkˌʌmɪŋz/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of shortcoming

Example Sentences

"England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage."

Questions

How do you pronounce shortcomings?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɔɹtkˌʌmɪŋz/.
What does shortcomings mean?: plural of shortcoming

How to pronounce shortcomings

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