shortness
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- noun
- /ˈʃɔrt.nəs/
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baja estatura
- She was the daughter of the thirteen-year-old who shared my mother's hospital room, and when I was growing up, my mother would talk about the teenager often, then change the subject to the shortness of my shorts.
Examples
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His shortness made him feel self-conscious during the basketball game.
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Dean Hocken was tall, and David cursed his own shortness.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do they laugh behind their hands at the shortness of my name every time they say it?
Fiction book (2001) -
My parents say that his shortness is an emotional problem, that he stopped growing because of strong emotion.
Fiction book (2000) -
It definitely does not fit me in the way of I don't know, like my my shortness through here.
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This was partly because she wasn't very good at saying no, and partly because his shortness made it seem like an adventure.
Fiction book (1992) -
Additionally, participants described realizations that others, who were of average height, did not notice the tallness or shortness of others to the same degree that they typically do.
Academic text (2013) -
Looks like that beyond Zeek, Amber will be the fish hook that lures Ryan into the Braverman pack, even with her relative shortness for being an adult.
Blog text (6) -
She embraced her shortness and wore stylish shoes with heels.
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Despite his shortness, he always stood tall in his confidence.
Synonyms
A state of being very small
Antonyms
Compounds
How Tall
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shortness comes from the word short, which means 'not tall' or 'small in height'. Because short describes low stature, shortness is the quality of being shorter than average.