short

of insufficient quantity to meet a need

“money is short”

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

“regularly gives short weight”

deficient in retentiveness or range

“a short memory”

lacking foresight or scope

“a short view of the problem”

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

“he talked short with everyone”

not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

“a short sale”

of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

“the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short”

having little length or lacking in length

“short skirts”

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

“a short life”

tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

“shortbread is a short crumbly cookie”

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed