Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having fewer staff members than is usual or desirable.
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- adjective Not having sufficient
members of staff
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- adjective inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
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Examples
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Hospitals are overflowing with patients and many of the facilities are short-staffed.
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Now, publishing houses are short-staffed, editors are harried, and money is tight.
Holly Robinson: Did I Just Hammer a Nail Into My Bookstore's Coffin? Holly Robinson 2012
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The current U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH, was established by the U.N. Security Council in 2004 and has been helping Haiti's short-staffed and ill-equipped police to maintain security in the volatile Caribbean state, especially during elections plagued by fraud and violence.
Uruguay apologizes over alleged rape by U.N. peacekeepers Reuters 2011
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Hospitals are overflowing with patients and many of the facilities are short-staffed.
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The current U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH, was established by the U.N. Security Council in 2004 and has been helping Haiti's short-staffed and ill-equipped police to maintain security in the volatile Caribbean state, especially during elections plagued by fraud and violence.
Uruguay apologizes over alleged rape by U.N. peacekeepers Reuters 2011
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The hospital emergency room was short-staffed because of the holiday, and there was only one doctor available.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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Gates said the foreign troops will still be needed in other areas, and for short-staffed training programs.
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She tells a story of a man who arrived on a day when it was short-staffed and there was no one to put a tourniquet on his wound.
'In 10 years' time, Ghana may not require any aid at all' 2012
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The hospital emergency room was short-staffed because of the holiday, and there was only one doctor available.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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Right now, I'm short-staffed, said Larry Jue, a 63-year-old storekeeper working the cash register at his family's 70-year-old grocery store, the Sam Sing & Co. Store.
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