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Definition of Short-staffed
1. Adjective. Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.. "Overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
Definition of Short-staffed
1. Adjective. Not having sufficient members of staff ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short-staffed
Literary usage of Short-staffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three by Blair B. Borque (1997)
"In Mobile, the program was sometimes short-staffed, and DI's had to work overtime
... It sometimes left programs short-staffed, necessitated more on-the-job ..."
2. Fact Finding Report: Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations by John T. Dunlop, United States Dept. of Labor, United States Dept. of Commerce (1994)
"... who have the kind of representation (usually by a union or some other advocacy
group) that gets the attention of a short-staffed administrative agency. ..."
3. Assessing Problems in Monitoring and Enforcing Parole Under the Interstate edited by Mike Dewine (1999)
"As Mr. Paparazzi noted, we were short-staffed. It was very difficult, and then
when you encountered problems with the program, there was no one—I think the ..."