Examples of understaffed in a Sentence
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Workers at 911 call centers say their facilities are understaffed, according to a 2023 survey.
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Difficulty with retainment leads to greater workloads for current teachers, as 70% of educators report that their school is understaffed.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The data out Thursday comes as education staffing shortages persist across the country, with 70% of teachers who participated in the latest survey saying their schools are understaffed, according to Pew's report.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Each winter, months before beaches and pools open, the city struggles to recruit, train and certify new and returning lifeguards to bolster one of its most chronically understaffed work forces.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Employee exhaustion was a factor in the Freeport explosion; reports later found the plant was understaffed and employees working overtime were pushed to fatigue, leading workers to miss the broken pipe.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Many industries, including oil refining, cars and airlines, cut staff and production in 2020 at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving them understaffed when demand for travel roared back.
—Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
The complaint against the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services alleges the facility is chronically understaffed with as few as five staffers for as many as 40 residents.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Bloomberg Hotel owners have been hiring en masse, but are still severely understaffed.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Difficulty with retainment leads to greater workloads for current teachers, as 70% of educators report that their school is understaffed.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The data out Thursday comes as education staffing shortages persist across the country, with 70% of teachers who participated in the latest survey saying their schools are understaffed, according to Pew's report.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Each winter, months before beaches and pools open, the city struggles to recruit, train and certify new and returning lifeguards to bolster one of its most chronically understaffed work forces.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Employee exhaustion was a factor in the Freeport explosion; reports later found the plant was understaffed and employees working overtime were pushed to fatigue, leading workers to miss the broken pipe.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Many industries, including oil refining, cars and airlines, cut staff and production in 2020 at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving them understaffed when demand for travel roared back.
—Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
The complaint against the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services alleges the facility is chronically understaffed with as few as five staffers for as many as 40 residents.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Bloomberg Hotel owners have been hiring en masse, but are still severely understaffed.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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