shorted
Gave insufficient change
Shorted is the past tense of short, most often appearing in electrical contexts.
A circuit shorted when an unintended connection allowed current to flow along an easier path: The wiring shorted and blew the fuse.
In finance, someone who shorted a stock bet on its price falling: He shorted GameStop and lost a fortune.
To be shorted means to receive less than expected: The cashier shorted me five dollars.
Lack of success
- faultImperfection or blame
- glitchMinor system fault
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
spark · fizzle · outage · error · misfire · burnout · surge · overload
Protective melting wire
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- arcCurved line segment
wire · blown · trip · surge · grounding · fault · electricity · current
Transfer for payment
- positionLocation or stance
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- marginEdge of a page
- borrowObtain for temporary use
lender · broker · cover · hedge · liquidation · collateral · securities · equity
failure
Lack of success
defect · spark · fizzle · outage · error · misfire · burnout · surge · overload · damaged
fuse
Protective melting wire
arc · wire · blown · trip · surge · grounding · fault · electricity · current · resistance
sell
Transfer for payment
borrow · lender · broker · cover · hedge · liquidation · collateral · securities · equity · leverage
shortedoverpaid
Compensated beyond worth
made whole · compensated · reimbursed · satisfied · repaid
- cut shortEnd before completion
- fall shortFail to reach standard
- short and sweetPleasantly concise
- short ofLacking sufficient quantity of
- short storyBrief prose fiction
- short hairTrimmed-close head covering
short, shorten, shorts, shortage, shortcut, shorter, shortest, shortbread, shortchange