What does understaffed mean?

Definitions for understaffed
ˌʌn dərˈstæft, -ˈstɑftun·der·staffed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffedadjective

    inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

    "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"

Wiktionary

  1. understaffedadjective

    having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

  2. Etymology: under + staffed

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  1. understaffed

    Understaffed refers to a situation where there are not enough employees to handle the workload or responsibilities in a business, organization, or any specific context, ultimately affecting its operational efficiency. This can be due to high employee turnover, budget constraints, or a sudden increase in demand for services.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of understaffed in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of understaffed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of understaffed in a Sentence

  1. Ona Onyia:

    Our desire to help triumphed our fears, seeing how understaffed and overwhelmed New York hospitals were, we wanted to help as best as we can and learn so we can help New York hospitals back home if things got out of control.

  2. Filipe Ribeiro:

    The overall health system in Afghanistan is understaffed, under-equipped and underfunded, for years. And the great risk is that this underfunding will continue over time.

  3. Courtesy Ashley Heun:

    They are overworked, underpaid and understaffed, am I happy with what they did? No, I’m not. What I want to show, though, is how easily we can send damaging messages to our children.

  4. Seth Galanter:

    It’s a very surface level fix that certainly will make that particular parent happy, but isn’t fulfilling OCR’s obligation, oCR is underfunded and understaffed and in order to get through all the complaints in some kind of timely manner, staff is being forced to give them superficial treatment.

  5. Jane Dueker:

    They’re understaffed, underpaid, so when they have the ability to bring a case to the prosecutor’s office, to not have it prosecuted is demoralizing, because they know that nine times out of 10 they’re gonna run into this person again.

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