adjective. Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

adjective. Shortened; made briefer.

adjective. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate.

adjective. (of clothing) very short

adjective. cut short in duration

"Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of Floridians with financial means and political clout with the GOP power structure have bought into this increasingly popular, albeit wrongheaded, system of what I call abbreviated education on the cheap."

short  

abbreviate  abbreviating  abbreviation  

alleviated  deviated  

Spartan  abbreviate  abridged  abstracted  aposiopestic  

abbreviate