ALL meanings of shortness
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S s - noun shortness insufficiency 1
- idioms shortness short and sweet, pleasantly brief. pertinent: We're in a hurry, so make it short and sweet. 1
- idioms shortness short for, being a shorter form of; abbreviated to: “Phone” is short for “telephone.”. 1
- idioms shortness short of, less than; inferior to. inadequately supplied with (money, food, etc.). without going to the length of; failing of; excluding: Short of murder, there is nothing he wouldn't have tried to get what he wanted. 1