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What is the adjective for short?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs short and shorten which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

short
  1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
  2. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
  3. Having little duration; opposite of long.
  4. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
  5. (fielder) that is relatively close to the batsman.
  6. (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
  7. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
  8. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
  9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
  10. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
  11. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
  12. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
  13. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
  14. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “This sport allows tall and short players alike to participate in.”
      “She quickly ran downstairs to her desk and wrote a short reply, before running back upstairs.”
      “It is true that our provisions are short, but we have received news that the inhabitants of Canada are all friendly.”
shortsome
  1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Marked, or characterised by shortness; (by extension) amusing; enjoyable
shortlegged
  1. Having short legs, particularly in proportion to one's body,
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, small, deep-bodied, shortlegged cattle have been known in Ireland since Celtic times.”
shortward
  1. Near, or oriented towards the short part of a structure
shortish
  1. Somewhat short; moderately short.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Her down-to-earth successor is 58, shortish, very proper and handsome in that don't care-a-fig British way.”
      “He was in modern dress, smart-casual in beige-coloured clothes, with white shortish hair.”
      “I think she would look amazing in a white leather shortish dress with beading.”
shorter
shorte
  1. Archaic spelling of short.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde.”
shortenable
  1. That may be shortened.
shortest
  1. superlative form of short: most short; Least in stature, length or height.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The radius vector is shortest when the planet is at perihelion and longest at aphelion.”
      “The nonschizophrenic patients had the shortest and least detailed dreams and the highest degree of reality testing.”
      “The gynaecology waiting lists are some of the shortest waiting lists at the hospital.”
shorted
shorting
shortened
shortening
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