shorthanded

Deficient in the nece ary or regular number of hands or a istants. short-headed, a. [BRACHYCEPHALIC.] Short-headed Flying Phalanger: IMG:content-1382.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Literally : The quality or state of being shortsighted; a defect in vision consisting in the inability to see objects at a distance; myopia; near-sighted ne . [MYOPY.] 2. Fig .: Defective or limited intellectual vision; inability to see far into futurity or things deep or abstruse; want of foresight. "Our short- sighted ne and liablene to error."- Locke : Hum. Underst . , bk. iv., ch. xiv. short-spoken, a. Speaking in a short, abrupt, or quick-tempered manner; curt, short.