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short (Brief), adjective abbreviated, abridged, compressed, concise, condensed, crisp, cursory, deficient, delinquent, devoid, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, hasty, laconic, meager, minimal, momentary, perfunctory, petulant, poor, quick, scarce, short-lived, shy, skimpy, sparse, succinct, temporary, terse, transient, unelevated
Associated concepts: short clause, short form decision of the court, short notice

short (Caustic), adjective abrupt, acetous, blunt, brusque, curt, discourteous, froward, grouchy, gruff, impolite, irascible, peevish, sharp, sour, sullen, surly, terse, touchy, testy, trenchant, ungraceful, volatile

short (Imperfect), adjective defective, inadequate, incommensurate, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, low, meager, needing, sparse, unenduring, wanting

See also: brief, caustic, compact, concise, cursory, deficient, delinquent, devoid, ephemeral, impecunious, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, laconic, minimal, overdue, perfunctory, petulant, pithy, poor, scarce, succinct, transient

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