Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-acting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
short--act-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

shorter-acting (comparative) shortest-acting (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

fast-acting

Antonyms

long-acting

Questions

What does short-acting mean?
Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term.

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