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short-coming

short-coming (subs.):

I. A failing of the usual produce, as of a crop: angustiae, ĭnŏpia: v. SCARCITY.

II. A failure of full performance, as of duty: dēlictum, negligentia: v. FAULT, NEGLECT. Usu. better expr. by verb: my s.s., quae a me praetermissa s. neglecta sunt: v. TO OIMT, NEGLECT.

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