Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations. / Having less than a quorum.

In a shorthanded manner.

simple past tense and past participle of shorthand

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. / (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand. / (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. / (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

plural of shorthand

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shorthand

plural of shorthander

One who writes in shorthand.

present participle of shorthand