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How to pronounce “shortfall”
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Pronunciation guide for shortfall
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shortfall with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Stephanie Kelton: The big myth of government deficits
we probably think of a deficiency or shortfall.
- Definition summary
- An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce shortfall
Stephanie Kelton: The big myth of government deficits

we probably think of a deficiency or shortfall.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shortfall”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
- The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
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