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
Myung	myung	Korean
Aurelia	[ɔ:'ri:ljə]
Winter	['wintə]
Zahira	-	Arabic
Pushpa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Paulinho	-	Portuguese