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short-staffed
adjective
- lacking an adequate number of staff, assistants, etc
Example Sentences
Confronted with public outcry — and grave warnings that iconic national parks such as Yosemite and the Grand Canyon might be too short-staffed to safely operate — the Trump administration reversed course last week.
The short-staffed department has ended up spending millions on overtime — and potentially putting it on the hook for costlier future payouts.
Midwives said the maternity unit was still "consistently dangerously short-staffed" and that they went into work every day fearful they would be involved in a case like Naomi's.
Attorneys for the Probation Department argued in legal filings that the state’s inspectors were “demonstrably incorrect” in their finding that the juvenile hall was dangerously short-staffed.
Rebeca Gonzalez got the call no retail worker wants on a weekend they’re scheduled off — the store was short-staffed and her manager needed her to come in for a few hours.
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