Short-staffed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of short-staff form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having sufficient members of staff.
Adjective
  1. 1
    inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
short-handedshorthandedundermannedundermannedunderstaffedunderstaffed

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