"potential shortcoming" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that could be a problem, hindrance or obstacle, but isn't necessarily one just yet. For example: "Before introducing the new policy, it is important to consider its potential shortcoming."
Another potential shortcoming of a small sample size is a potentially higher risk of bias due to differential distribution.
One potential shortcoming of these online digital video offerings is the wide variation in the way series are presented.
One potential shortcoming that worries some Republican Party officials is the sophistication in the ground-level organization.
A potential shortcoming is that somecomparison sites don't provide quotes from all insurers, which could mean you miss out on the best possible deal.
Another potential shortcoming in the tests is that they don't focus on one of the main problems the industry faced during the financial crisis, the difficulties banks had borrowing money in the markets.
In this case, however, the designers realised the potential shortcoming at the outset and corrected for it by giving more weight to bumps from less posh areas.The report was prepared at the request of President Barack Obama in January, when he announced reforms to intelligence community practices following the leaks by Edward Snowden.
A big potential shortcoming is the fact that this only works with legal P2P file sharing.
A potential shortcoming of existing multichannel cochlear implants is electrical-field summation during simultaneous electrode stimulation.
To overcome this potential shortcoming, we also introduced the Wxb gene into TS4 through marker-assisted selection.
A potential shortcoming of this approach is that it uses a linear performance measure for grouping similar data points.
One potential shortcoming with this analysis is that immigrants do not sort themselves across firms randomly, casting doubt on whether the coefficients can be given a causal interpretation.
