short, adj.
freq. cnt. 74
freq. cnt. 74
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43
short
sample sentences
"a short life""a short flight"
"a short holiday"
"a short story"
"only a few short months"
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(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21
short
sample sentences
"short skirts""short hair"
"the board was a foot short"
"a short toss"
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low in stature; not tall
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
little short
sample sentences
"he was short and stocky""short in stature"
"a short smokestack"
"a little man"
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of insufficient quantity to meet a need
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
inadequate jejune poor short
sample sentences
"an inadequate income""a poor salary"
"money is short"
"on short rations"
"food is in short supply"
"short on experience"
"the jejune diets of the very poor"
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marked by rude or peremptory shortness
<adj.all> (p)
brusk brusque curt short
sample sentences
"try to cultivate a less brusque manner""a curt reply"
"the salesgirl was very short with him"
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tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
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short
sample sentences
"shortbread is a short crumbly cookie""a short flaky pie crust"
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of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
<adj.all>
short
sample sentences
"the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
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not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
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short
sample sentences
"a short sale""short in cotton"
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lacking foresight or scope
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
myopic short shortsighted unforesightful
sample sentences
"a short view of the problem""shortsighted policies"
"shortsighted critics derided the plan"
"myopic thinking"
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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
forgetful short unretentive
sample sentences
"a short memory"
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less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
<adj.all> (p) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
light scant short
sample sentences
"a light pound""a scant cup of sugar"
"regularly gives short weight"
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