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Understaffed   /ˈəndərstˌæft/   Listen
Understaffed

adjective
1.
Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..  Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned.  "Overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"






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"Understaffed" Quotes from Famous Books



... compromise for a lump sum down, but he wouldn't. Said he would only spend it, and preferred to get it by the week. Well, by the time we've paid that vampire, there isn't much left out of our profits. That's why we are at the present moment a little understaffed." ...
— A Man of Means • P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill

... the six days they would take to pass through. There were no lady helpers in those days, and he was at his wits' end to know where to find the staff. Could any of us be spared? None of us could, as we were understaffed already, but Lieutenant Franklin put it to us and said if we were willing to undertake the canteen, as well as our hospital work, which would mean an average of only five hours sleep in the twenty-four—she had no objection. There was no time to get fresh Y.M.C.A. ...
— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp

... isn't that," she said. "The poor fellows are so understaffed and overworked that they can't find time. My idea is to raise a fund so that it can be done for them. My heart aches. Only this morning I saw a barber's with ASH AND RUSH UP on it; and a confectioner's"—she ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 25, 1919 • Various



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