Definitions for shortest
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1. shortest(Adjective)

   ; Least in stature, length or height.

   The two word poem Fleas is arguably the shortest poem in the English language. How could a poem have fewer words?

How to pronounce shortest?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shortest in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shortest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shortest in a Sentence

1. Justin Trudeau:

   Thoughts and prayers arent going to cut it, we know you do not need a military-grade assault weapon, one designed to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time, to take down a deer.

2. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   I hope the state of emergency will have the shortest duration possible but at the same time that it will be in place long enough to ensure the French people are protected.

3. Socrates:

   The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.

4. Leon Trotsky:

   Under all conditions well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.

5. Christoph Correll:

   The main takeaway for clinicians and families is that for youth without psychiatric symptoms, alternatives to antipsychotic treatment should be tried whenever possible, when antipsychotics are used, the lowest risk agents should be used for the shortest time possible.

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