shortcomings synonyms

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bug

bacillus
disease
germ
infection
microbe
virus

catch

bolt
buckle
clamp
clasp
clip
hasp
hook
hook and eye
latch
snap

defect

birthmark
blot
blotch
break
bug
catch
check
crack
deficiency
deformity
discoloration
drawback
error

deficiency

absence
bug
dearth
defalcation
default
defect
deficit
demerit
dereliction
failing
failure
fault
flaw

demerit

bad mark
loss of credit
loss of points
mark against one
punishment

drawback

check
defect
deficiency
detriment
difficulty
disability
evil
failing
fault
flaw
fly in the ointment
handicap
hindrance

failing

declining
defeated
deficient
faint
feeble
inadequate
insufficient
scant
scanty
scarce
short
shy
unavailing

fault

accountability
answerability
blunder
crime
culpability
defect
delinquency
dereliction
error
evil doing
failing
flaw
foible

flaw

Catch-22
blemish
bug
catch
defect
disfigurement
failing
fault
foible
glitch
gremlin
pitfall
slipup

frailty

Achilles heel
blemish
daintiness
debility
decrepitude
defect
deficiency
delicacy
error
failing
fallibility
fault
feebleness

imperfection

blemish
bug
catch
defect
deficiency
deformity
demerit
disfigurement
failing
fallibility
fault
foible
frailty

infirmity

affliction
ailing
ailment
confinement
debilitation
debility
decay
decrepitude
defect
deficiency
disease
diseasedness
disorder

lack

abridgement
absence
curtailment
dearth
decrease
default
defect
deficit
depletion
deprivation
destitution
distress
exigency

lapse

blunder
breach
bungle
crime
error
failing
failure
fault
flub
foible
frailty
gaff
goof

sin

anger
covetousness
crime
damnation
debt
deficiency
demerit
disobedience
envy
error
evil
evil-doing
fault

weakness

Achilles heel
appetite
blemish
chink in armor
debility
decrepitude
deficiency
delicacy
enervation
failing
faintness
fault
feebleness

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