недорабо́тка

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nounfeminineinanimatecountable

1.
shortcoming, defect, flaw, oversight
В прое́кте есть серьёзные недорабо́тки.
There are serious shortcomings in the project.
Often plural; typically of a plan, project, law or piece of work; implies the fault could and should have been fixed.
2.
incompleteness, unfinished state, lack of finishing touches
Недорабо́тка пла́на сра́зу броса́ется в гла́за.
You can see at once that the plan has not been finished.
Refers to the work not having been carried through to the end.

Examples

Эта недоработка привела к сбою системы
This defect caused the system to fail.
Инженеры устранили все недоработки в машине
The engineers fixed all the defects in the machine.
В проекте нашли серьёзную недоработку
A serious defect was found in the project.