Sentence examples for shortcomings go from inspiring English sources

Winslow's heroes tend to dwell amid these conventions: Boone Daniels's sole flaw consists of being so laid-back that he cares more about good friends and doing the right thing than about money, power, or ambition — which is, as shortcomings go, equivalent to the "weaknesses" that candidates offer up in job interviews.

The undated report, written more than a year ago by Randy I. Bellows, a veteran federal prosecutor in Virginia, said that an administrative inquiry used by the Energy Department as the basis for recommending an F.B.I. investigation of Dr. Lee, was "a deeply flawed product whose shortcomings went unrecognized and unaddressed due to the F.B.I.'s own inadequate investigation".

The company has spent the last two days both admitting its many shortcomings going into the appeals process.

But the faithful should think twice before declaring Porsche and Lotus defeated, because the 4C is a long way from perfect and it exhibits some frustratingly basic shortcomings that go beyond its disturbingly insect-like headlights.

All the shortcomings are going to get resolved in the next year or two, but the upsides are almost limitless.

The disparity between the government's aspirations for the new system and its practical shortcomings did not go unnoticed, leading to a series of reports and subsequent reforms.

For it to have any realistic and lasting value it will also have to examine what we have learned from our mistakes and shortcomings since we went piling into Afghanistan and then Iraq since 2001.

Still, Trudeau's shortcomings have not gone unnoticed.

It's basically learning how to understand who they are, what their shortcomings are and going forward in spite of them.

"I would go into the shortcomings but it would get me into trouble," he said.

There are fine touches – a shrunken Duke zooming around on a remote controlled car for example – and nostalgia and bad taste jokes help you overlook some shortcomings, but fond memories only go so far while the gags just get repetitive.