Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Shortcoming (motion short of)

Nouns
Verbs
  • [Motion beyond] Transcursion, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short
  • not reach
  • want
  • keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass. break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to nothing
  • fall through, fall to the ground
  • cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail
  • lose ground
  • miss stays.
Adjectives
  • unreached
  • deficient
  • short, short of
  • minus
  • out of depth
  • perfunctory etc. (neglect) Neglect.
Adverbs
  • within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds
  • behindhand
  • to no purpose
  • for from it.
Phrases
  • the bubble burst.