shy of

shy of something

having less of something than is needed or expected The bill was four votes shy of a majority. He was a large man, just shy of six feet tall.

Related vocabulary: short of something

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thiago	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bertina	bər-TEEN-ə	English
Amyntas	-	Ancient Greek
Klytaimnestra	-	Greek Mythology
Spiro	-	Greek
Penuel	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew