The phrase "a shorter and less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two things, indicating that one is shorter and has less of a certain quality than the other.
Example: "I prefer a shorter and less complicated explanation for the project."
Alternatives: "a briefer and simpler" or "a more concise and reduced".
The players association has pushed for a shorter and less intense off-season workout schedule to reduce the chances of injury.
The improvisation mostly fell by the wayside on Thursday, although the fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout played his own daringly chromatic cadenzas for the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466), and Teunis van der Zwart extemporized a shorter and less adventurous cadenza in the D major Horn Concerto (K. 412).
Therefore, digestion of sludge resulting in a less toxic residue, with a shorter and less complex post-treatment is the most cost-efficient option.
I mean, if you #BoycottStarbucks, this just means I'll get my coffee in a shorter and less xenophobic line; a true win-win for all.
These are separated by two dry seasons: the major one from June to September, during which there is often no rain at all, and a shorter and less severe one from December to February.
In particular, Paria males had more positive values for PC1, corresponding to a shorter and less streamlined body shape.
There's also a shorter (and slightly less musically interesting) version of him playing it on Not Only … But Also.
This sequence is unique in the common eland and lengthens a shorter and thus less energetically favorable 14 bp palindrome that exists in all bovid species.
Blog posts tend to be a lot shorter and less formal than scientific articles.
It will be a much shorter and less detailed document than the final text of the comprehensive agreement, due to be signed at the end of June.
FAO Schwarz the company has a much shorter and less impressive history.
