as in short
having relatively little height
he was an unpleasant, sawed-off man who seemed to believe that aggressiveness could make up for his perceived deficiency
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Adjective
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He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 210 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025 -
Their video ends with a short clip of the two dogs, tuckered out after playing in the garden, asleep side-by-side in the house.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The ensuing reply-all showed little sympathy for the ninety-five-year-old school and its community.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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The summer of 2020 did little to allay those fears: Inexperienced intelligence officers from the agency were deployed to Portland, Ore., to compile dossiers on people protesting against police violence.—
Eileen Sullivan,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The stems are bright green and covered in small spines that look like fuzz or hair.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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Sitting in front of local leaders, Trump again wrongly blamed elements of the fire disaster on a lack of water resources coming from the Delta and environmental protections for the delta smelt, a small fish near extinction that has become a symbol of GOP frustration.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Sawed-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawed-off. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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