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We think the answer is "SHORT" which means:

adjective
• • Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
• • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
• • Low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
• • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
• • Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
• • Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
noun
• • The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
• • Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
• • The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
adverb
• • Clean across
• • Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
• • At some point or distance before a goal is reached
• • So as to interrupt
• • At a disadvantage
• • In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
• • Quickly and without warning
adjective satellite
• • Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• • Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
• • Lacking foresight or scope
• • Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
• • Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
verb
• • Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
• • Create a short circuit in
preposition
• • Deficient in.
• • Having a negative position in.

An example sentence would be:

• • "She wore a short dress to the party."
• • "He has short hair."

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