shorted Synonyms
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Strong:
- skunked
- skinned
- conned
- bilked
- chiseled
- victimized
- beat
- gaffed
- fiddled
- reamed
- exploited
- rooked
- shook-down
- hosed
- suckered
- swindled
- deceived
- cozened
- bled
- did-in
- wrenched
- fooled
- defrauded
- tricked
- flimflammed
- betrayed
- nobbled
- euchred
- ripped-off
- did
- diddled
- clipped
- chiselled
- choused
- mulcted
- stiffed
- fleeced
- shortchanged
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shorted Meaning
shorted
one who operates on the short side of the market, with dispatch, pants that reach to the knees or not as far as the knees, refuse, clippings, or trimmings discarded in various manufacturing processes, having a relatively short duration, not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices, at a disadvantage, the sum and substance, so as not to reach as far as expected, as an abbreviation, consisting of or relating to a sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale, a brief story or article (as in a newspaper), near the end of a tour of duty, short drawers, by or as if by a short sale, deficiencies, payable at an early date, short underpants, insufficiently supplied, a size in clothing for short men, a by-product of wheat milling that includes the germ, fine bran, and some flour, shortstop, flaky sense 2, crumbly, in a curt manner, having little length or height, of, relating to, or being one of the vowel sounds \ə, a, e, i, u̇\ and sometimes \ä\ and \ȯ\, limited in distance, cut down to a brief length, not coming up to a measure or requirement, clean across, short circuit, choppy sense 2, not retentive, flaky, not coming up to the regular standard or to what is needed, quickly provoked, not having enough, short-term bonds, having little length, made briefer, shortchange, cheat, short-circuit, not remembering for long, with suddenness, seeming to pass quickly, not reaching far enough, by way of summary, a short signal or sound (as in Morse Code), short subject, unstressed, not extended in time, not long in time, not great in distance, having a short term, at some point or degree before a goal or limit aimed at or under consideration, not lengthy or drawn out, to sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices, in an abrupt manner, abrupt, curt, expeditious, quick, a short syllable, knee-length or less than knee-length trousers, of relatively brief duration, not tall or high, being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have duration as its chief distinguishing feature, brittle under certain conditions, consisting of, relating to, or engaging in the sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale, enduring privation, a short sound or signal, containing or cooked with shortening, easily upset, for or during a brief time, treated or disposed of quickly in court
shorted Sentence Examples
- The faulty wiring shorted out the computer, causing it to malfunction.
- The power surge shorted the circuit, resulting in a power outage.
- The frayed electrical cord shorted, creating a dangerous fire hazard.
- The water damage shorted the circuit board, rendering the device useless.
- The lightning strike shorted the electronics, causing the equipment to fail.
- The faulty battery shorted, leading to an explosion.
- The shorted connection caused the lights to flicker and eventually go out.
- The technician traced the problem to a shorted capacitor in the circuit.
- The shorted transistor prevented the amplifier from functioning properly.
- The shorted ground caused the system to experience intermittent problems.
FAQs About the word shorted
one who operates on the short side of the market, with dispatch, pants that reach to the knees or not as far as the knees, refuse, clippings, or trimmings disca
hustled, plucked, stuck, squeezed, screwed, stung,cheated, skunked, skinned, conned
No antonyms found.
The faulty wiring shorted out the computer, causing it to malfunction.
The power surge shorted the circuit, resulting in a power outage.
The frayed electrical cord shorted, creating a dangerous fire hazard.
The water damage shorted the circuit board, rendering the device useless.
