How to Use understaffed in a Sentence

understaffed

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• The restaurant was understaffed and swamped with orders, and the AC in the kitchen was broken.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
• And then there's the fact that restaurants are still understaffed.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 21 May 2022
• Many are angry that the police force is understaffed, the mayor said, and want more cops on the street.
  — Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 22 Sep. 2021
• In his 10th season with the Spurs, Mills has appeared in his share of games with the team outmanned and understaffed.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2021
• But the jails are understaffed, with the main jail being about 15% short in staffing, according to Weekes.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• Schatz said the veteran’s home was understaffed and not equipped to halt the outbreak on its own.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
• The records show the South Unit of the Florence prison was understaffed during the night shift on Jan. 23, when the prisoners escaped.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2021
• The office is understaffed, and low pay is one reason why.
  — Arika Herron, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
• The Bethel Fire Department is understaffed right now, and Solesbee said firefighters worked hard to put out the rest of the fire.
  — Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022
• Meanwhile, the county is down more than 300 social workers and is understaffed at the jail.
  — cleveland, 4 June 2022
• The firefighters were understaffed and worn out from taming the recent wave of fires.
  — Richard Babcock, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
• That’s out of a pool of 684 -- leaving many parts of the state dangerously understaffed, Thenell said.
  — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2021
• The Saints dominated the understaffed Broncos, but a pair of key players were lost to knee injuries in the process.
  — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 29 Nov. 2020
• The deaths have taken a toll on the force, which has been overworked and understaffed as leaders try to figure out how to move forward from the mistakes of Jan. 6.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking, Star Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021
• Still, many hospitals in the south remain understaffed, and have fewer beds per capita than those in the north.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• Police union leaders say the department is understaffed and point to that as a reason for the increase in crime.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022
• That Cal Fire teams are understaffed helped convince many in the Bonny Doon area to take matters into their own hands.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• The Haitian National Police are too understaffed and ill-equipped to combat the growing threat.
  — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021
• The report said 27% of ski areas were understaffed in the summer, and an average of 21 jobs went unfilled.
  — Thomas Peipert, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
• There are a ton of valid reasons restaurants are understaffed right now, argue with your uncle about that on your own time.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2021
• As for public safety, the city needs to find a way to bolster its badly understaffed police.
  — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
• Asked he if believed the event had been understaffed and poorly planned, Scott said he was mostly involved with the creative side of of the festival.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 9 Dec. 2021
• Flores claimed that the kitchen was understaffed, with only three or four workers on during lunch, forcing her to work 50 to 60 hours per week.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2021
• They just shouldn't be done at the expense of a Police Department that is already understaffed.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• St Louis is a violent city, and its homicide unit is overworked and understaffed.
  — The Economist, 8 May 2021
• Its June primary, which featured long lines at understaffed polling sites, was one of the most shambolic in the nation.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 2 Oct. 2020
• And the unit was really understaffed, and getting paid time off approved could sometimes be tricky.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• In addition to shoring up polls that went understaffed even in ordinary times, the idea is that young people have less to fear from the coronavirus.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
• While there is little evidence to suggest DEI is to blame, the department has been scrutinized for being under-resourced and understaffed.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
• Plus: Advocates question whether Philly's understaffed jails are able to handle an influx of people suffering from addiction, the Inquirer reports.
  — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Feb 2025