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The answer has nothing to do with their cause, however, but with the simple fact that dictionaries are not exercises in bi-unique substitutability; in other words, if one of the senses of run is `operate' (as in She runs an engine factory ), that does not make it valid to assume that one can substitute operate for run in We run in the marathon every year . Although recognizing this as a shortcoming of dictionaries and assigning it arbitrarily to what, for lack of a better term, we might call the “genius” of the language, might seem trivial to the casual observer, it is a valid matter for concern in the realm of lexicology.
Even though this shortcoming can be overcome, it increases the cost and complexity of the assay, making it less attractive for high-throughput analysis.
For all the drama of Tripp's appearance at the federal courthouse, since for a change there were no leaks of testimony, the story has one shortcoming that should have thumbnailed it inside next to the corset ads: it produced no news.
Which brings us to Moyers' one real shortcoming.
Leonardo's greatest shortcoming as a scientific thinker was, not paradoxically, his greatest strength as an artist: his eye.