Short
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: abruptly unawares briefly curtly without achieving a goal or requirement of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full With a negative ownership position.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A short circuit. shortstop A short seller A short sale
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something). Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. To shortchange. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. Of comparatively little height. Having little duration; opposite of long. Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). that bounced relatively far from the batsman relatively close to the batsman brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust missing, deficient Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Example sentence: Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!
Shortsighted
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
Example sentence: The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.