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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for short-staffed