short-winded

adjective3

1. •
   Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
2. •
   (figurative) Hasty, breathless; rushed.

   • it is […] what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men. — 1926
3. •
   Concise and to the point.