sawed-off

Adjective

not-comparable slang

Shortened by sawing. / (slang) Short (as though something that should be there isn't).

Japanese Meaning

のこぎりで切断され短くなった状態、特に銃身などが短くされたものを指す / 俗語で、本来存在すべきものが欠如している、または不足していると感じられる状態を示す

The carpenter used a sawed-off plank to prop the door open.

大工は、のこぎりで短く切った板を使ってドアを支えた。

Sense（1）

Shortened by sawing.

The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.

Sense（2）

(slang) Short (as though something that should be there isn't).

He was a sawed-off runt, just a little guy, but he packed so much attitude into that little package that no one was going to make anything about it.