Shortcoming has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | It is difficult to overcome this shortcoming without drastically changing the whole system. | |
2. | The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. | |
3. | Her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe. | |
4. | The shortcoming in infancy is, first off, not knowing the horrible, and secondly, fearing that which should not be feared. The same occurs to the natural man; he ignores where horror truly lies, where the grips of trembles never falter, but rather, shivers at what is not horrible. |