shortness

The quality or state of being short.

Fewness of words; brevity; conciseness.

Want of reach, or of the power of retention: as, the shortness of the memory.

Deficiency; imperfection; limited extent; poverty: as, the shortness of our reason; shortness of provisious.

Curtness; sharpness: as, her temper was evident from the shortness of her answers.

Brittleness; friability; crispness.

The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency.

The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.

The result or product of being short.

the property of being of short temporal extent