shorthanded

English

adj

Definitions

Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
Having less than a quorum.
(team sports) Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
(poker) Having fewer than the standard number of players.

Etymology

Compound from English short (brittle, of pastry) + English handed.

Origin

English

handed

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Shorty English
ambi-handed English
antishort English
barehanded English
bloody-handed English
both-handed English
broken-handed English
brokenhanded English
cack-handed English
close-handed English
closehanded English
coarse-handed English
coarsehanded English
cross-handed English
cross-handedness English
crosshanded English
dead-handed English
deadhanded English
deft-handed English
defthanded English
dirty-handed English
doublehanded English
dry-handed English
either-handed English
emptyhanded English
evenhanded English
fair-handed English
fairhanded English
fast-handed English
fourhanded English
freehanded English
full-handed English
gentle-handed English
gouty-handed English
handed English
handedly English
handedness English
hardhanded English
horny-handed English
ironhanded English
large-handed English
left-handed English
lefthanded English
level-handed English
lily-handed English
loose-handed English
many-handed English
megashort English
naked-handed English
neat-handed English
numb-handed English
offhanded English
one-handed English
open-handed English
overhanded English
ready-handed English
red-handed English
right-handed English
secondhanded English
short English
short fetched English
short-fetched English
short-legged English
short-lived English
short-tailed hawk English
shortage English
shortarse English
shortboard English
shortbow English
shortbread English
shortcake English
shortchange English
shortclothes English
shortcode English
shortcrust English
shortcut English
shorten English
shortfall English
shortfalling English
shortfetched English
shortfic English
shortfin English
shortform English
shortgown English
shortgrass English
shorth English
shorthair English
shorthaired English
shorthand English
shorthandedly English
shorthandedness English
shorthead English
shorthold English
shorthorn English
shortie English
shortify English
shortish English
shortleaf English
shortline English
shortly English
shortness English
shortnose English
shortsea English
shortsheet English
shortsome English
shortstop English
shortsword English
shorttail English
shortwall English
shortward English
shortwards English
shortwave English
shortwing English
shorty English
shovel-handed English
side-handed English
slack-handed English
spade-handed English
steady-handed English
strait-handed English
strong-handed English
supershort English
sure-handed English
swift-handed English
tender-handed English
toom-handed English
two-handed English
ultrashort English
underhanded English
uphanded English
weak-handed English
white-handed English
wide-handed English
shortata Finnish
short Italian
short French
ショート Japanese
schort Middle English
short Chinese
秀逗 Chinese
sotpela Tok Pisin