shorthanded
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
adj
Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
adv
In a shorthanded manner.
verb
simple past and past participle of shorthand
Example Sentences
- "The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in."
- ""What are you doing out here?" I asked Iris. “We shorthanded?” She smiled. “We're always shorthanded, Miss Lois."
- "Neither the code nor the case law discuss whether or how the power of a shorthanded school board should be curtailed"
- "“Scoring a shorthanded goal gives the team a lift,” Lefley said. “We've been picking our spots and making the most of them."
- "Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, play on the flop, multi-way versus shorthanded play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, and your playing style."
- ""They were working shorthanded," said one PMA official, "this company's got a policy of releasing gangs working shorthanded.""
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more shorthanded (comparative)
most shorthanded (superlative)