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shortcoming (n.)
[shortcoming 词源字典]
1670s, from the phrase
to come short
"be inadequate" (1570s); see
short
(adj.). Related:
Shortcomings
.
[shortcoming etymology, shortcoming origin, 英语词源]
[shortcoming 词源字典]