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Recent Examples of understaffed from the Web
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The fiscal review, conducted by the county's auditor-controller, found that the authority's finance operation is understaffed, lacks management oversight and pays its bills too slowly, among other faults.
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This is another volunteer position that has been severely understaffed.
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Parra says Sainz’s department is understaffed and too busy with other work to follow up with Cano’s case.
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All this is happening with the State Department still desperately understaffed and in the midst of a transition.
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More than 100 senior diplomats have resigned since Tillerson took office, leaving top ranks understaffed.
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Washington University law professor Peter Joy said hiring a private firm to help in an investigation is not uncommon when prosecutors are understaffed and under tight deadlines.
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Washington University law professor Peter Joy said hiring a private firm to help in an investigation is not uncommon when prosecutors are understaffed and under tight deadlines.
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The understaffed agency has been a revolving door of late, with 60 percent of new hires quitting in the first year.
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First Known Use of understaffed
1891
UNDERSTAFFED Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of understaffed for English Language Learners
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: not having enough workers : having a staff that is too small
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