The phrase "alarming shortfall" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant and concerning deficiency or lack of something, often in a financial or resource context.
Example: "The company reported an alarming shortfall in revenue this quarter, prompting immediate action from management."
Alternatives: "worrying deficit" or "concerning gap".
God only knows when the pension benefits issue and its alarming shortfall ever get addressed.
Groups like the Salvation Army are reporting an alarming shortfall in resources to help the hungry.
It is widely known that American students score well below their European and Asian peers in reading and math, an alarming shortfall in a competitive era.
Senlis thinks this could be a panacea for a country that has in recent years depended on opium for about half of its GNP.The council points to an alarming shortfall in the supply of painkillers, particularly in poor countries.
But we face an alarming shortfall of people with the skills to design, manage and secure these systems.
Similarly, the finding that 54% of women reported that their Health Visitor had not discussed continence with them suggests an alarming shortfall in practice.
Idi Sahirou, Chief of Dan Neino village in Niger's Maradi region, recalls the villagers' lives after last year's severe drought led to alarming shortfalls in crop and pasture production.
Republicans have become so alarmed by the personnel shortfall that in the past week a coalition of conservatives complained to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Given that nearly half the states are flagging, Standard & Poor's has rightly sounded the alarm, calling these shortfalls a kind of "early warning".
THE absence of concern is all the more alarming now, given the enormous shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare that await in coming decades, economists say.
"In one letter after another, readers said they were alarmed by reports of the shortfall, so they increased their usual contributions," Mr. Rosenthal added.
