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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shortcomings" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "shortcoming" or "shortcomings" without the article "a" since "shortcomings" is plural.
Example: "The project faced several shortcomings that needed to be addressed before completion."
Alternatives: "a flaw" or "a limitation" or "an inadequacy."
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In particular, such a shortcomings have been addressed by using approximate approaches, named metaheuristics.
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"It was a shortcoming".
But he noted a shortcoming.
Maybe it's a shortcoming.
"This is a shortcoming," he said.
And that is not a shortcoming.
Did it strike him as a shortcoming?
That's not necessarily a shortcoming.
"We've been aware of it as a shortcoming.
"I remember Lee Trevino saying that everyone had a shortcoming.
But Hillary Clinton's ambition is often portrayed as a shortcoming.
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