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short:
- little; small; tiny; short; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish; curt; brusque; brusk; myopic; shortsighted; unforesightful; forgetful; unretentive; poor; light; scant
- blunt; curt; short; abrupt; steep; evanescent; transient; perishing; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; informal; cursory
- short; short in stature; short of stature
- short; suddenly; dead; abruptly; shortly; curtly; unawares
- short; shortstop; short circuit
- short; short-circuit; short-change
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Detailed Synonyms for shortness in English
shortness:
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the shortness
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the shortness
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the shortness
– an abrupt discourteous manner 1the shortness; the curtness; the brusqueness; the gruffness; the abruptness– an abrupt discourteous manner 1 -
the shortness
– the property of being shorter than average stature 1 -
the shortness
– the property of being of short temporal extent 1 -
the shortness
– the property of being of short spatial extent 1 -
the shortness
– the property of being truncated or short 1 -
the shortness
– the condition of being short of something 1
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shortness form of short:
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short
little; small; tiny; short; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish-
little adj
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small adj
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tiny adj
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short adj
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minuscule adj
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diminutive adj
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undersized adj
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inferior adj
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inadequate adj
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low-grade adj
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middling adj
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shortish adj
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short
– marked by rude or peremptory shortness 1 -
short
– tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening 1 -
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– (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length 1 -
short
– primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration 1 -
short
– of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration 1 -
short
– not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices 1 -
short
– lacking foresight or scope 1short; myopic; shortsighted; unforesightful– lacking foresight or scope 1-
short adj
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myopic adj
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shortsighted adj
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unforesightful adj
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short
– (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 1short; forgetful; unretentive– (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 1-
short adj
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forgetful adj
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unretentive adj
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short
– not sufficient to meet a need 1 -
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– less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so 1 -
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– low in stature; not tall 1
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short
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evanescent; transient; perishing; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; short; informal; cursory-
evanescent adj
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transient adj
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perishing adj
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volatile adj
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transitory adj
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temporary adj
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fleeting adj
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passing adj
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momentary adj
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perfunctory adj
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superficial adj
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brief adj
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close adj
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casual adj
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current adj
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empty adj
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null adj
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short adj
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informal adj
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cursory adj
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short
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short
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short
– quickly and without warning 1 -
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– in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner 1 -
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– at a disadvantage 1 -
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– so as to interrupt 1 -
short
– at some point or distance before a goal is reached 1 -
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– clean across 1 -
short
– without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold 1
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the short
– the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base 1 -
the short
– the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 1 -
the short
– accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 1the short; the short circuit– accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 1
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short
– create a short circuit in 1 -
short
– cheat someone by not returning him enough money 1short; short-change– cheat someone by not returning him enough money 1-
short verb
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short-change verb
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