short-staffed

Speech parts

1. short-staffed - Adjective

2. short-staffed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

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Synonyms

undermanned understaffed short-handed shorthanded short inadequate wanting unmanned unequal deficient reduced business-to-business understrength unstaffed understaff

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Antonyms

complete enough successful noble equal BIG

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Examples

they're rather short-handed at the moment Source: Internet

overcrowded and understaffed hospitals Source: Internet

At present all the sectors mentioned are already chronically short-staffed, especially the NHS where nursing staff and carers are desperately required. Source: Internet

“At a time when farmers are working around the clock to provide food for the nation and trying to keep their businesses running despite being short-staffed, it is heartbreaking to see their land being used as a giant tip,” said the organisations. Source: Internet

In 2014, there was a need for such interface as the department was short-staffed and was burdened with growing needs for liquor. Source: Internet

Cindy Kinnard, the director of public health in Kewaunee County, a mostly rural Wisconsin community on the shore of Lake Michigan, said her 23 years at the department have usually felt short-staffed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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