- 1. a primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration a (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length a low in stature; not tall s not sufficient to meet a need a (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range a not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices a of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration s less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so s lacking foresight or scope s tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening s marked by rude or peremptory shortness Source: ecdict
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