short
adjective
having little length; not long.
shortness
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a word derived from
short.
Example Sentences
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One mother went to the ER with shortness of breath and high blood pressure, fearing she might be having a heart attack, but her tests came back normal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Caroline had only gone to the doctors because she'd noticed a shortness of breath.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
This can lead to severe shortness of breath, fatigue, and repeated trips to the hospital.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In February 2022, Hugh, then aged 71, felt generally well but started to experience shortness of breath when he was exerting himself.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
In the first-generation hybrids, the individual heritable traits—tallness and shortness, or green and yellow seeds—did not blend at all.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
