fall short

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English - English
to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient

But if being is not a whole through being affected by that affection, and there is such a thing as the whole itself, if follows that being falls short of itself.

fail to meet (expectations or standards)
fail to reach a certain amount or standard, fail to attain something, be insufficient
fall short of
fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example
fall short

    Hyphenation

    Fall Short

    Turkish pronunciation

    fôl şôrt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfôl ˈsʜôrt/ /ˈfɔːl ˈʃɔːrt/

    Etymology

    [ 'fol ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti.

    Common Collocations

    fall short of
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