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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The agency has been short-staffed for years, federal documents show.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 May 2025
After an outcry — that VA is perpetually short-staffed in many key medical fields — VA promised none of those cuts will come from the VA's more than 300,000 frontline health jobs, exempting them from the freeze.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
But the report found that the medical providers were short-staffed on nights and weekends.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And given how short-staffed the prison has been of late, getting yard time is difficult for everyone.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 May 2025
After an outcry — that VA is perpetually short-staffed in many key medical fields — VA promised none of those cuts will come from the VA's more than 300,000 frontline health jobs, exempting them from the freeze.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
But the report found that the medical providers were short-staffed on nights and weekends.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And given how short-staffed the prison has been of late, getting yard time is difficult for everyone.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Short-staffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-staffed. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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