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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Restaurants were also short-staffed, which customers were seemingly not understanding of.
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Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
If the target was indeed a real-world network, the researchers note that holidays are often a time when security teams are short-staffed or less attentive and alert to intrusions.
—Kim Zetter, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2024
Wedding photographers Brad and Louise Madison have shoveled sidewalks outside wedding venues during snowstorms, handed out food when caterers were short-staffed, and once ran a mile to collect a computer cable that the groom needed for a slideshow.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
By its own admission, the agency is short-staffed, and a fragmented federal approach to disaster recovery compromises its effectiveness.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
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Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
If the target was indeed a real-world network, the researchers note that holidays are often a time when security teams are short-staffed or less attentive and alert to intrusions.
—Kim Zetter, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2024
Wedding photographers Brad and Louise Madison have shoveled sidewalks outside wedding venues during snowstorms, handed out food when caterers were short-staffed, and once ran a mile to collect a computer cable that the groom needed for a slideshow.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
By its own admission, the agency is short-staffed, and a fragmented federal approach to disaster recovery compromises its effectiveness.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Short-staffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-staffed. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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