short-staffed

adjective

: having fewer than the usual number of people available

The department is short-staffed.

a short-staffed hospital

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Miners are now fighting and dying at the front, leaving the mines short-staffed. —

Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024 Protecting a global organization is challenging when security teams are short-staffed, lack the right tools and struggle to communicate risks—even more so when data volumes and attack surfaces explode. —

Kevin Pierce, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Or picture a facility so short-staffed on an overnight shift that no one is available to respond to an emergency, leading to a resident's death. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Experts say many labs are short-staffed and cash-strapped, in some cases receiving only hundreds of dollars to complete tests that can cost thousands, such as analyses of rape kits or firearms. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for short-staffed