shortcoming

n.
A deficiency; a flaw.

noun

1. The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, underage¹. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure: blemish, bug, defect, fault, flaw, imperfection. See beautiful/ugly, better/worse, help/harm/harmless.
3. An imperfection of character: failing, fault, foible, frailty, infirmity, weakness, weak point. See better/worse, help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: weak point
Antonyms: advantage, strength, strong point, success

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a failing or deficiency
  Synonym: defect

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fejl, skavank, ufuldkommenhed, brist

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekortkoming

Français (French)
n. - défaut

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unzulänglichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανεπάρκεια, μειονέκτημα (κν. κουσούρι)

Italiano (Italian)
difetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - deficiência (f), insuficiência (f)

Русский (Russian)
несовершенство, небрежность, нехватка, падение выработки

Español (Spanish)
n. - defecto, punto flaco, falta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brist, ofullkomlighet, underskott

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缺点, 短处

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 缺點, 短處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결점, 결핍, 불충분한 점

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 短所, 欠点, 不足

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موطن ضعف, عيب, نقص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פגם, ליקוי, חיסרון‬

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