Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having short arms; not reaching far; hence, feeble.
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Examples
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"Never mind searching the cells for weapons and giving the prisoners their short-armed salutes," he said.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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We'll meet a baby ankylosaurus incubated from an abandoned egg; rampaging, short-armed carnotauruses; and a pack of nicoraptors, which are like mangy, feral dogs.
Terra Nova Exclusive: On the Set of TV's Hottest New Show 2011
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He finally did drop by the VA for some career guidance, and a short-armed woman with a shrub of salt-and-pepper hair and everyday compassion sat down and banged out that magical résumé, omitting any reference to combat experience.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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He finally did drop by the VA for some career guidance, and a short-armed woman with a shrub of salt-and-pepper hair and everyday compassion sat down and banged out that magical résumé, omitting any reference to combat experience.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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He finally did drop by the VA for some career guidance, and a short-armed woman with a shrub of salt-and-pepper hair and everyday compassion sat down and banged out that magical résumé, omitting any reference to combat experience.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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He finally did drop by the VA for some career guidance, and a short-armed woman with a shrub of salt-and-pepper hair and everyday compassion sat down and banged out that magical résumé, omitting any reference to combat experience.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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And there are plenty of other grown-up features, like CFC-free air conditioning with a pollen and odor filter, power windows with pinch protection so that little fingers don't get squished and a telescoping steering column, which allowed my short-armed, longer-legged body to get perfectly positioned in the seat.
Road Test: VW Rabbit 2007
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In the highly specialized world of professional football, at about 300 pounds he was considered too small to be a guard, and at six-two was considered too short (and short-armed) to play offensive tackle — a job that requires handling the outside rush of defensive ends, some of the fastest and most powerful big men in the game.
A Beautiful Mind 2004
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In the highly specialized world of professional football, at about 300 pounds he was considered too small to be a guard, and at six-two was considered too short (and short-armed) to play offensive tackle — a job that requires handling the outside rush of defensive ends, some of the fastest and most powerful big men in the game.
A Beautiful Mind 2004
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Mercury, lose all the serpentine craft of thy caduceus, if ye take not that little, little less than little wit from them that they have! which short-armed ignorance itself knows is so abundant scarce, it will not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider, without drawing their massy irons and cutting the web.
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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