sawed-off
Because it is a word with a single syllable, sawed-off is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsawed-off
- A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
- Shortened by sawing.
Example: "The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal."
- Short (as though something that should be there isn't).
Example: "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."
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