fall short

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• General-American: /fɔl ʃoɹt/
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• Australian: /foːl ʃoːt/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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No etymology was provided for this word.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: tekortschieten — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• French: être en deçà de — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Ancient Greek: ὑστερέω (husteréō) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Ancient Greek: ἐλασσόομαι (elassóomai) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Hungarian: elmarad (...az elvárásoktól) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Hungarian: alatta marad (...az elvárásoknak) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Hungarian: elégtelennek bizonyul — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Hungarian: nem éri el — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Hungarian: nem felel meg — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Latin: dēsum — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Māori: hara — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Persian: کم آوردن (kam âvardan) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Portuguese: não ser suficiente — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Russian: быть недостаточным (bytʹ) — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
• Swedish: komma till korta — to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient