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S vs Shorthanded - What's the difference?

s | shorthanded |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective shorthanded is

lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    shorthanded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
    • The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in.
  • (ice hockey) Having fewer skaters on the ice during a play, as a result of a penalty.

    • See also

    * shorthand English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs