shortness
noun
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an abrupt discourteous mannerabruptness
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the property of being shorter than average stature
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the property of being of short temporal extent“the shortness of air travel time”
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the property of being of short spatial extent“the shortness of the Channel crossing”
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the property of being truncated or shorttruncation
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the condition of being short of something“there was no shortness of money”