SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: NOUN
- A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
- Short trousers extending to the knee or above.
- Men's undershorts.
- A short sale.
- Something short, as.
- A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
- A shortstop.
- The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
- Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- One that sells short.
- A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
- Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
- A short circuit.
- A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
- A brief film; a short subject.
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: ADJECTIVE
- Appearing to pass quickly.
- Not lengthy; succinct.
- Rudely brief; abrupt.
- Easily provoked; irascible.
- Inadequate; insufficient.
- Lacking in length or amount.
- Extending or traveling not far or not far enough.
- Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
- Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, “evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, “apple tree.”
- Not ductile; brittle.
- Of or relating to a short sale.
- Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index.
- Lacking in breadth or scope.
- Deficient in retentiveness.
- Lasting a brief time.
- Having little height; not tall.
- Having little length; not long.
- Quickly aroused to anger
- Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- Not sufficient to meet a need
- Most direct
- Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes
- Low in stature; not tall
- Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- Lacking foresight or scope
- Unwilling to endure
- Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
- Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length
- Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (oo͝) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
- Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
- Incautious; prone to rashness
- Failing to provide for the future; reckless
- Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless.
- Rash; incautious.
- Not providing for the future; thriftless.
- Not given careful consideration
- Not provident; not providing for the future
SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: VERB
- Create a short-circuit in
- Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To short-circuit.
- To short-sell (a security or index).
- To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
- To cause a short circuit in.
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: ADVERB
- Abruptly; quickly.
- In a rude or curt manner.
- At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal.
- By means of a short sale.
- Tightly
- So as to interrupt
- At some point or distance before a goal is reached
- Clean across
- Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- Quickly and without warning
- At a disadvantage
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- Low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
- Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- On impulse; without premeditation
- Primarily temporal sense
- Low in stature
- Not tall
- (idiom) (for short) As an abbreviation.
- Not providing for the future
- Not provident; wanting foresight; neglecting to provide for future needs or exigencies; unthrifty.
- Synonyms Imprudent, shiftless, careless, prodigal. See wisdom.
- Not provident
SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: RELATED WORDS
- Clipped, Little, Close, Stumpy, Insufficient, Truncate, Scant, Shortsighted, Abruptly, Momentary, Truncated, Abbreviated, Fleeting, Shortened, Brief
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Clipped, Little, Close, Stumpy, Insufficient, Truncate, Scant, Shortsighted, Abruptly, Momentary, Truncated, Abbreviated, Fleeting, Shortened, Brief
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SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- They all have the short vowel a sound.
- This is a short hallway with no obstacles.
- On a perfectly flat record a short arm will do, but once the record is even slightly warped, a short arm will be troublesome.
- Short interest is the volume of Anworth Mortgage Asset shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered.
- The leave is to be recorded as if it were short absence, but is not short leave from duty.
- This change in how short sales are handled in Oregon came about due to lenders delaying the short sale process.
- Sharis quickly changed first into a casual outfit of a short sleeved shirt and short pants.
- Break your material into short sentences Use short sentences to deliver a clear message.
- The first involves applying a large number of very short pulses and short coolmg periods.
- Lack, fail, be deficient, fall SOIINIA, want of sleep, indisposition to short, come short.
- The improvident habits of the Indian cannot be controlled by regulations.
- Instead, the complaint suggests that the ratings were improvident.
- Unconscionability may arise where there is an improvident bargain and inequality in the positions of parties.
- We know from Black that it cannot have been improvident because of a procedural bar.
- Across the anterior to decade, I had watched his important and improvident faculties influence fade.
- We throw a strain upon our system which is unfair and improvident.
- The great majority of them are idle, listless, careless, and improvident.
- He thought it was improvident more than anything else.
- SYN: Lavish, profuse, extravagant, reckless, wasteful, squandering, improvident.
- Such transactions typically take two forms: simple improvident money spend-downs, and improvident transfers.
SHORT vs IMPROVIDENT: QUESTIONS
- How many short films has Michael dedevito directed?
- Why choose Alden Court for short term rehabilitation?
- What are short learning programmes (SLPs) at UNISA?
- How are standard and short clinical guidelines developed?
- What is the dictionary definition of short staffed?
- Can a short follicular phase prevent fertilization?
- Are you more likely to become short-sighted if your parents are short sighted?
- Should you screen your short film at short film festivals?
- Why was short round called Short Round in Temple of Doom?
- Can short-termism be a problem if short-term investors are doing well?
- What is a good sentence for recklessly improvident?