Usage of "short-staffed"

Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

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Usage of short-staffed in inglés

Mr Chaplow said while more officers might help, they were not short-staffed. 
 Radio NZ 

We're short-staffed, and no one else is available to do this today. 
 The Guardian 

The same nurse said: We're so short-staffed that patient care is compromised. 
 The Guardian 

Adkins said his unit was short-staffed and needed Manning's analysis work. 
 Reuters 

England, avoiding leniency against short-staffed opposition, struck again four minutes later. 
 The Guardian 

Better hurry, though, or you're going to be short-staffed next week. 
 The Fuller Memorandum 

We're short-staffed right now and could really use the help. 
 Welcome to the N.H.K. 

Should she have given up when social services were too short-staffed to take over? 
 The Guardian 

But I also know how short-staffed you are right now. 
 Riding the storm 

When Szczupak arrived at Belle Terre in June 2012, the facility was still short-staffed. 
 Reuters 

Didn't you tell me that you're short-staffed in the kitchen? Father Francis inquired innocently. 
 Ryan's place 

He said Kaitaia police had been short-staffed for years. 
 Radio NZ 

The Supreme Court order was necessary to give the notoriously short-staffed sheriff's office a nudge. 
 News.com.au 

Sequester cuts may also leave them short-staffed for emergencies. 
 Reuters 

And I imagine you'll be short-staffed for a while. 
 Riding the storm 

Through the night, Pelz was aware that the ward was short-staffed-severalnurses were out sick. 
 The new yorker 

Meanings of short-staffed in inglés