short of en · X
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Except; but; without resorting to; up to the point of.
Short of a miracle, nothing/little short of kneeling before your boss will do.
We'll give them every support, short of help. (laugh track)
1986 January 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Smoke Screen”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Richard Wharton (Donald Pickering):"Short of shooting us all in cold blood how's that going to help you, Mr. Carrados?" asked Larch, coming down to the commonplace of the situation. "It looks like stalemate to me […]"
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:He tried everything short of lending her the money himself.
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Insufficiently equipped with.
He's a nice person, but a bit short of brains.
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Less than.
An Olympic athlete cannot perform at any level short of world-class.
By Sunday night, police said only one remained in a life-threatening condition: a railway staff member who tried to stop the attack. Police called his actions “nothing short of heroic”.
2025 November 3, Alex Kozul-Wright and News Agencies, “UK train stabbing attack – how it unfolded and what we know now”, in Aljazeera:
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hu szűkében van (insufficiently equipped with) · gd gann de (insufficiently equipped with) · de Mangel an (haben) (insufficiently equipped with) · hu szűkölködik (insufficiently equipped with) · fr à court de (insufficiently equipped with) · de knapp mit (insufficiently equipped with) · hu hiányt szenved (insufficiently equipped with)