Shortcoming
81Deficiency — De*fi cien*cy, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. A deficiency of blood. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that… …
82Deficiency of a curve — Deficiency De*fi cien*cy, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. A deficiency of blood. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably… …
83contrite — adjective Etymology: Middle English contrit, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin contritus, from Latin, past participle of conterere to grind, bruise, from com + terere to rub more at throw Date: 14th century feeling or showing sorrow and… …
84dereliction — noun Date: 1597 1. a. an intentional abandonment b. the state of being abandoned 2. a recession of water leaving permanently dry land 3. a. intentional or conscious neglect …
85foible — noun Etymology: obsolete French (now faible), from obsolete foible weak, from Old French feble feeble Date: circa 1648 1. the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point 2. a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior ;… …
86hysteresis — noun (plural hystereses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hysterēsis shortcoming, from hysterein to be late, fall short, from hysteros later more at out Date: 1881 a retardation of an effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed (as if… …
87recovering — adjective Date: 1977 being in the process of overcoming a disorder or shortcoming < a recovering alcoholic > < a still bookish recovering academic with a tendency to live in his head Jon Spayde > …
88take to task — phrasal to call to account for a shortcoming ; criticize …
8912-step — adjective Date: 1983 of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a program that is designed especially to help an individual overcome an addiction, compulsion, serious shortcoming, or traumatic experience by adherence to 12 tenets emphasizing… …
90debit — I. transitive verb Date: 1682 to enter upon the debit side of an account ; charge with a debit II. noun Etymology: Latin debitum debt Date: 1746 1. a. a record of an indebtedness; specifically an entry on the left hand side of an account… …
