Lame and Short

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Lame

Lame adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: the amenities at this hotel are lame; there's not even a television in the room
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Short and lame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Lame".
Nearby Words: lameness, lamed, lamely

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
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Lame and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lame" instead an adjective "Short".
Nearby Words: shorten, shortened, shortage, shortness, shorted

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  • A short story known as "Polynomials," "Little Poly Nomial," "Poly Nomial and Curly Pi" is a world of incredibly lame math puns.
    Source: World of Pun
  • Awesomeness by Analysis While it at first seems to be a lame power, he and everyone around him quickly learn that he can potentially become ungodly powerful in a short amount of time by exploiting the mechanics.
    Source: Awesomeness by Analysis
  • Atlantis The Isaac Asimov short story "Shah Guido G" features a flying city named Atlantis that rules the world with an iron fist and female soldiers called Waves as part of the setup for a lame pun.
    Source: Atlantis
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