short

Length / number of characters: 5
Number of words: 1

quickly and without warning
Abrupt
Breeches
Brittle
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
To fail
Deficient
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
not sufficient to meet a need
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
low in stature
primarily temporal sense
Limited in quantity
lacking foresight or scope
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
create a short circuit in
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
clean across
at some point or distance before a goal is reached
so as to interrupt
at a disadvantage
Not long
Not extended in time
Insufficiently provided
Not distant in time
Limited in intellectual power or grasp
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance
A summary account
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran
Short, inferior hemp
A short sound, syllable, or vowel
In a short manner
To shorten
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Mississippi
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Oklahoma
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Texas

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