How to Use shortcoming in a Sentence

shortcoming

noun

• The main shortcoming of this camera is that it uses up batteries quickly.
• Her lack of attention to detail is her biggest shortcoming.
• In terms of what makes a good movie great, this is a shortcoming.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
• The one real shortcoming is the score, which lays things on a bit thick.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
• The view here is that the idea makes some sense, and not because of any shortcoming with Waddle.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
• The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024
• This may sound reasonable, but the process has its the shortcomings.
  — Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 2 Mar. 2024
• The biggest shortcoming on defense was the failure to take the ball away from the Lions.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2020
• The one shortcoming that may be a deal breaker for some travelers is the lack of a true spa and pool.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• That’s one of the major shortcomings of the X-ray analysis.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Of course, the Yankees were sixth, so their bullpen is hardly a shortcoming.
  — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
• The shortcoming didn’t stop Atlanta from taking a 3-1 series lead to push the Dodgers’ season to the brink.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
• The Cards didn’t force a turnover, a critical shortcoming.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2022
• The finding of a shortcoming doesn’t result in a penalty for banks.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 June 2024
• The shortcoming of this approach was acknowledged at the time.
  — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• There’s views into the very nature of his darkness and shortcomings in these pages.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
• So, the fact that the LG CordZero is missing this feature isn’t a shortcoming in my opinion.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 July 2022
• Addressing that shortcoming is one of the main tasks of the summit’s second week.
  — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2021
• One shortcoming, the report said: A dearth of women of color.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
• Running the ball has been a shortcoming for this offense all season.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• The shortcoming was introduced sometime in the third quarter of 2021.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2023
• The character of Miko is out of the picture for much of the story, save for the film’s opening and the climax, in which Ben is forced to face his own, well, shortcomings.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Much of the criticism of the shortcomings of the Maui wildfire response has been aimed at the state and local government.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• But that’s a dramatic shortcoming, one that McKay and the people who made the show are within their rights to make.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2022
• There are shortcomings: The four-door, five-passenger crew cab has a condensed, five-foot bed.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
• At this point the FAA has not determined there is, in a fact, a safety issue with the 787 or a shortcoming in the production process.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 7 May 2024
• As Lively plays her, Lily is a blank, glassy surface, the better to reflect the shortcomings of the men around her; that’s not the same as being a person.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• This season the defense sagged, a shortcoming on constant display in front of the Nuggets — until this last game.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
• The movie’s sustained adrenaline charge is both its strength and its shortcoming.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
• Aware of the road’s shortcomings, city officials have long sought design changes that would reduce crashes.
  — David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024