short-handedadj.²

†1. ? Niggardly, mean; inefficient, ineffective.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent

insufficientc1386

insuffisant1387

unable1395

unsufficient1395

weak1423

uncompetentc1549

short-handed1622

incompetent1641

ineffective1653

nequient1656

inefficient1750

wandought1788

no good1838

non-efficient1863

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre

feeblec1275

straita1300

thinc1374

threadbarec1412

exile?1440

silly?a1500

pilled1526

thinnish1540

carrion-lean1542

carrion1565

exiled?1577

penurious1594

unnourishing1605

starveling1611

meagre1612

short-handed1622

lanka1644

scrimp1681

strigose1708

skimp1775

skimping1775

spare1813

shy1821

scrimping1823

skimpy1842

slim1852

scrappy1985

minnowy1991

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 228 My Hostesse was not short, either handed, or witted.

1643 A. Tuckney Balme of Gilead 10 Our thoughts and hopes are too short sighted and handed to reach to all that salvation.

a. Lacking a full complement of ‘hands’, undermanned, understaffed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > staffed > understaffed

short-handed1794

weak-handed1817

short-manned1830

underhanded1834

undermanned1867

understaffed1891

short-staffed1953

1794 Ld. Nelson Let. 29 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 461 He would be satisfied with an indifferent Carpenter, but he could not with propriety go to sea without one: that he would not ask for any one in lieu of the other, but he was very short-handed.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Gun Ships that go to sea short-handed.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 202 I think the Ogowé Protestant mission sadly short-handed.

1912 G. O. Trevelyan George III & Fox I. v. 143 Ships..in far superior condition to his own short-handed and woefully provided vessels.

b. spec. in Ice Hockey, having fewer players on the ice than the opposing team because a penalty has been imposed; also, of a goal: scored while a team is short-handed.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [adjective] > characteristics of team or player

short-handed1939

puck-shy1957

penalty killing1960

off-ice1968

1939 R. F. Vaughan Hockey 364 Short handed, a team with one or more players in the penalty box.

1951 L. Percival Hockey Handbk. iv. 126/2 The fundamental weapons are..aggressive use of the body, getting the puck into the opposing defensive zone and keeping it there with five men up, forcing the game (even though shorthanded), and generally keeping the pace of the play high.

1969 Official Rule Bk. & Schedule of National Hockey League 1969–70 30 ‘Short-handed’ means that the team must be below the numerical strength of its opponents on the ice at the time the goal is scored... Thus coincident minor penalties to both teams do not cause either side to be ‘short-handed’.

1970 B. Orr Orr on Ice 96 Our men attempt to get the puck down to the other end and keep it, for even a possible shorthanded score.

1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. d3/1 Serge Savard scored a short-handed goal..to lead the Montreal Canadians to a 4–1 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks.

3. Having short hands.

ΚΠ

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxii. 348 The cabman, a gross, salt-looking man, red-faced, blue-eyed, short-handed and short-winded, perhaps nearing forty.

4. Hunting.

ΚΠ

1923 Daily Mail 7 May 8 To avoid the risk of crossing the line which the fox has taken, should the quarry have turned short-handed and altered his point.

Derivatives

shortˈhandedness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > staffing > understaffing

shorthandedness1886

undermanning1890

understaffing1957

1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Feb. 173 The combination [of offices] now, had Mr. Gladstone repeated it, would rather be forced on him by shorthandedness than taken of free-will.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	short-handed
释义	short-handedadj.² †1. ? Niggardly, mean; inefficient, ineffective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent insufficientc1386 insuffisant1387 unable1395 unsufficient1395 weak1423 uncompetentc1549 short-handed1622 incompetent1641 ineffective1653 nequient1656 inefficient1750 wandought1788 no good1838 non-efficient1863 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre feeblec1275 straita1300 thinc1374 threadbarec1412 exile?1440 silly?a1500 pilled1526 thinnish1540 carrion-lean1542 carrion1565 exiled?1577 penurious1594 unnourishing1605 starveling1611 meagre1612 short-handed1622 lanka1644 scrimp1681 strigose1708 skimp1775 skimping1775 spare1813 shy1821 scrimping1823 skimpy1842 slim1852 scrappy1985 minnowy1991 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 228 My Hostesse was not short, either handed, or witted. 1643 A. Tuckney Balme of Gilead 10 Our thoughts and hopes are too short sighted and handed to reach to all that salvation. 2. a. Lacking a full complement of ‘hands’, undermanned, understaffed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > staffed > understaffed short-handed1794 weak-handed1817 short-manned1830 underhanded1834 undermanned1867 understaffed1891 short-staffed1953 1794 Ld. Nelson Let. 29 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 461 He would be satisfied with an indifferent Carpenter, but he could not with propriety go to sea without one: that he would not ask for any one in lieu of the other, but he was very short-handed. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Gun Ships that go to sea short-handed. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 202 I think the Ogowé Protestant mission sadly short-handed. 1912 G. O. Trevelyan George III & Fox I. v. 143 Ships..in far superior condition to his own short-handed and woefully provided vessels. b. spec. in Ice Hockey, having fewer players on the ice than the opposing team because a penalty has been imposed; also, of a goal: scored while a team is short-handed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [adjective] > characteristics of team or player short-handed1939 puck-shy1957 penalty killing1960 off-ice1968 1939 R. F. Vaughan Hockey 364 Short handed, a team with one or more players in the penalty box. 1951 L. Percival Hockey Handbk. iv. 126/2 The fundamental weapons are..aggressive use of the body, getting the puck into the opposing defensive zone and keeping it there with five men up, forcing the game (even though shorthanded), and generally keeping the pace of the play high. 1969 Official Rule Bk. & Schedule of National Hockey League 1969–70 30 ‘Short-handed’ means that the team must be below the numerical strength of its opponents on the ice at the time the goal is scored... Thus coincident minor penalties to both teams do not cause either side to be ‘short-handed’. 1970 B. Orr Orr on Ice 96 Our men attempt to get the puck down to the other end and keep it, for even a possible shorthanded score. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. d3/1 Serge Savard scored a short-handed goal..to lead the Montreal Canadians to a 4–1 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks. 3. Having short hands. ΚΠ 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxii. 348 The cabman, a gross, salt-looking man, red-faced, blue-eyed, short-handed and short-winded, perhaps nearing forty. 4. Hunting. ΚΠ 1923 Daily Mail 7 May 8 To avoid the risk of crossing the line which the fox has taken, should the quarry have turned short-handed and altered his point. Derivatives shortˈhandedness n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > staffing > understaffing shorthandedness1886 undermanning1890 understaffing1957 1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Feb. 173 The combination [of offices] now, had Mr. Gladstone repeated it, would rather be forced on him by shorthandedness than taken of free-will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas ˈshort-handed † ˈshort-handed adj.¹ Obsolete competent to write shorthand. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [adjective] > relating to shorthand-writer > able to write shorthand short-handeda1658 verbatim1831 a1658 J. Cleveland Char. Country-comm.-man (1677) 99 A new blew stockin'd Justice..with a short-handed Clerk, tack'd to the Rear of him to carry the Knapsack of his Understanding. extracted from shorthandn.adj. < adj.²1622 as lemmas
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short-handedadj.2

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> as lemmas

short-handedadj.²