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Falling-short Definition

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verb
Present participle of fall short.
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Falling-short Is Also Mentioned In

  • shortfalling
  • pseudolinguistic
  • shortcoming
  • not-all-it-s-cracked-up-to-be
  • pseudo-linguistics
  • shortfall
  • deficit
  • democratic-deficit
  • unfailing
  • failure
  • scant
  • exact

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Words Starting With

FFAFAL

Words Ending With

TRTORT

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falling-short

Words Starting With F and Ending With T

Starts With F & Ends With TStarts With FA & Ends With TStarts With F & Ends With RT

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With F13 Letter Words Ending With T

Words Near Falling-short in the Dictionary

  • falling off the bone
  • falling off the wagon
  • falling rhythm
  • falling to pieces
  • falling together
  • falling up
  • falling-out
  • falling-over
  • falling-pregnant
  • falling-short
  • falling-sickness
  • falling-star
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