Related Words for short of

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shortness
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Noun
in short
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Phrase, Adverb
shortened
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Adjective
short time
//
Phrase, Noun
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
short run
//
Phrase
short shrift
//
Phrase, Noun
ultrashort
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Noun
short term
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
brief
/
Adjective
shorty
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Name
less than
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
short account
/x/
Phrase, Noun
in brief
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Phrase, Adverb
all but
//
Phrase, Adverb
without
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Adverb
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
excluding
x/x
Verb
lacking
/x
Verb
short list
//
Phrase, Noun
barring
/x
Verb
left out
//
Phrase, Adjective
truncated
/xx
Adjective
apart from
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Phrase
aside from
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Phrase
anything but
/xx/
Phrase, Adverb
quick
/
Adjective
minus
/x
Noun
briefly
/x
Adverb
other than
/x/
Phrase
not that
//
Phrase
smallish
/x
Adjective
left off
//
Phrase
brevity
/xx
Noun
fall short
//
Phrase, Verb
leave out
//
Phrase, Verb
except for
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Phrase
shortfalls
/x
Noun
missing
/x
Verb
minimal
/xx
Adjective
limited
/xx
Adjective
outside of
///
Phrase
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
short fuse
//
Phrase, Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
void of
//
Phrase
shortsighted
//x
Adjective
foreshortened
x/x
Adjective
besides
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Adverb
down to
//
Phrase
narrow
/x
Adjective
barren of
/x/
Phrase
absent
/x
Adjective
except
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Verb
bare bones
//
Phrase, Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
cutoff
/x
Noun
what about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
out of
//
Phrase, Adverb
shorthand
/x
Noun
omitted
x/x
Verb
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
little
/x
Adjective
unless
x/
Adjective
short story
//x
Phrase, Noun
simply
/x
Adverb
skinny
/x
Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
barely
/x
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
clipped
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
court
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
digest
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Noun, Verb
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
docs
/
Noun
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
glance
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
midget
/x
Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nain
/
Name
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
news
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
overdrawn
/x/
Adjective
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
people
/x
Noun, Verb
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petite
x/
Adjective, Name
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
prefatory
/xxx
Adjective
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
re
/
Noun
recently
/xx
Adverb
reduced
x/
Adjective
referral
x/x
Noun
restricted
x/x
Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
seller
/x
Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
short and sweet
//x
Phrase, Adjective
short circuit
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shortstop
/x
Noun, Verb
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
skirt
/
Noun, Verb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sms
x
Name, Verb
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
somme
/
Name
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sparsely
/x
Adverb
speedy
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Adjective, Noun, Verb