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Definition of
understaffed adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
understaffed
adjective
adjective
NAmE
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ˌʌndərˈstæft
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[
not usually before noun
]
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not having enough people working and therefore not able to function well
synonym
undermanned
We're very understaffed at the moment.
opposite
overstaffed
See
understaffed
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