Definitions

short of

ADJECTIVE

barring

Synonyms

STRONG

bar discounting excepting excluding

WEAK

apart from aside from but for other than outside of save for with the exception of

ADJECTIVE

depleted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drained reduced vacant weakened

STRONG

bare collapsed decreased depreciated emptied lessened sapped sold spent used wasted worn

WEAK

all in bleary destitute devoid of effete far-gone in want kaput out of pooped out sold out sucked out used-up washed out without resources worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energized full

WEAK

augmented enlarged increased unconsumed unused

ADJECTIVE

insufficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deficient faulty inadequate incomplete meager poor scant scarce unsatisfactory

WEAK

bereft defective destitute devoid drained dry failing imperfect incapable incommensurate incompetent infrequent minus out of rare short shy thin too little too late unample unfinished unfitted unqualified wanting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adequate enough perfect satisfactory strong sufficient

WEAK

ample

ADJECTIVE

minus

Synonyms

STRONG

less negative

WEAK

deficient smaller subtracting

Antonyms

WEAK

plus

PREPOSITION

except

Synonyms

STRONGEST

save

STRONG

bar barring excepting excluding exempting lacking omitting rejecting saving

WEAK

apart from aside from besides but exclusive of if not leaving out minus not for outside of with the exception of without

Example Sentences

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Now, judging by Marina Zenovich’s unvarnished profile, a viewer would prefer to be almost anywhere else, short of an emergency room.

From The Wall Street Journal

Few celebrities of his stature, short of Joan Crawford or Meghan Markle, have been the subjects of such a widely disseminated trashing, and in Mr. Chase’s case it all seems . . . well, not unjustified.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, at around $220, the shares are well short of where they sat two years ago at about $260.

From Barron's

But while current job numbers remain far short of its operational heyday, Site Director Stuart Law expects the number of people working there to remain relatively stable for years to come, adding 99.9% of all of radiation had gone from the site.

From BBC

“We’re significantly short of our customers’ needs and it’s going to persist for a while,” said Sumit Sadana, chief business officer of Micron Technology, one of the largest makers of the high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI.

From The Wall Street Journal

short of

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