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Example sentences for: shortcoming

How can you use “shortcoming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Although this book contains much excellent material, it suffers from a most serious shortcoming, probably to be laid at the door of the publisher rather than the authors: it lacks an index of words and phrases (which might have fit neatly into the thirteen blank pages at the end).
Even though this shortcoming can be overcome, it increases the cost and complexity of the assay, making it less attractive for high-throughput analysis.
Which is, as it turns out, its main shortcoming.
It suffers from one severe, reprehensible shortcoming: it lacks an index, something no book should be without.
This shortcoming became evident following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, where firefighters have such a fund that helps members' families in times of need.