short on's Usage Examples:

The president preferred the former because he was short on time and desired immediate relief.

the other Jordanian positions around the American Colony, despite being short on men and equipment and having come under a Jordanian mortar bombardment.

spectators who assume the primary reason for the 3–4–3 was because he was short on defenders, in a later Champions League match against Milan at the Camp.

Games 1 and 2 went down the wire, but the Mavericks fell short on both occasions as Kevin Durant made a game-winning jumper in Game 1, and.

"Turkmenistan: Big on gas, short on options".

better equipped than any other, man-for-man, the Russians were severely short on artillery pieces, shells, motorized transports, and even boots.

Kim held another summit with Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, which Trump cut short on the second day without an agreement.

24 hours, the code breakers picked up a Japanese message that "AF was short on water".

Frere-Jones of The New Yorker generally noted him as "long on control and short on texture".

Despite Sullivan's loan and overtime salary, Wright was constantly short on funds.

"Bush fell short on duty at Guard".

captured intact along the way because the combined Wehrmacht forces were short on fuel.

"Rick Santorum is long on substance, short on support".

Synonyms:

passing; transient; temporary; transitory; ephemeral; fugacious; impermanent;

Antonyms:

permanent; birth; careful; failing; running;