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Est. 1828
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'shortcoming'
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2 syllables

  • coming
  • cumming
  • drumming
  • gumming
  • humming
  • numbing
  • plumbing
  • strumming
  • summing
  • thrumming
  • thumbing
  • bumming
  • dumbing
  • mumming
  • slumming
  • chumming
  • crumbing
  • dming
  • plumming
  • scumming
  • stumming
  • tumming

3 syllables

  • becoming
  • forthcoming
  • homecoming
  • incoming
  • oncoming
  • succumbing
  • this coming
  • upcoming
  • benumbing
  • degumming
  • beflumming
  • furthcoming
  • have coming
  • mind-numbing
  • nose-thumbing
  • outcoming
  • replumbing

4 syllables

  • overcoming
  • second coming
  • unbecoming
  • indoor plumbing
  • antiplumming
  • have it coming
  • long in coming
  • misbecoming
  • unforthcoming
  • up-and-coming

5 syllables

  • a long time coming
  • the second coming

6 syllables

  • another think coming

7 syllables

  • had another thing coming
  • has another thing coming
  • has another think coming
  • have another thing coming
  • have another think coming

8 syllables

  • having another thing coming

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  • frailties
  • annoyances
  • imperfections
  • disappointment
  • disadvantages
  • predicament
  • oversights
  • inefficiency
  • lacuna
  • miscalculation
  • bugginess
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