[ noun ] a failing or deficiency <noun.attribute> that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
Shortcoming \Short"com`ing\, n. The act of falling, or coming short; as: (a) The failure of a crop, or the like. (b) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Nearly a third of Mercury users reported a 'major loss of service' over the past year, compared with 22 per cent of BT users. The frequency of changes in account managers was felt to be a shortcoming with BT.
He said the "most obvious" shortcoming is the industry's research and development into better ways to disperse oil spills.
A scarcity of local financing is "a shortcoming," but not insurmountable, he says.
The main shortcoming is the temporary nature of many of the changes.
The school failed to carry out a "hazardous communication program" for handling chemicals 10 months after first being cited for that shortcoming, Ms. Dunn said.
'The greatest shortcoming in personal pensions is the volatility in the final value of the pension,' said Stewart Ritchie, pensions director at Scottish Equitable.
Its rivals among the independent merchants are probably less concerned about Sainsbury's efforts to overcome the supermarket wine retailer's most serious shortcoming: lack of expert advice.
It also aims to reduce chances that a taxpayer will be hit with two or more civil penalties for the same shortcoming.
Another alleged shortcoming: Mr. Wilkie gave in too readily to his executives' whims.
Giora and other Israelis argue the only obvious shortcoming in the military court system was redressed by Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin earlier this month when he announced that Israel, after 20 years of occupation, would establish army appeal courts.