ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from short + winded
1. : affected with or characterized by shortness of breath : easily put out of breath
2.
a. : brief
the most sensible, sympathetic, scholarly, and short-winded exposition — Times Literary Supplement
b. : broken up into short units : disconnected
an especially bumpy kind of short-winded prose — S.E.Fitzgerald