short-staffed

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short-staffed

adjective more short-staffed · most short-staffed

Not having sufficient members of staff.
Similar: shorthanded, understaffed, undermanned

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of short-staff

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@misc{short_staffed_2026,
  title = {short-staffed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/short-staffed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}