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short-staffed

short-staffed adjective: not having sufficient members of staff. Also the simple past and past participle of short-staff.

Adjective

short-staffed (comparative more short-staffed, superlative most short-staffed)

  1. Not having sufficient members of staff.

Also used as

short-staffed is also the simple past and past participle of short-staff.

Synonyms of short-staffed

Forms of short-staffed

comparativemore short-staffed
superlativemost short-staffed

Questions about short-staffed

What does short-staffed mean?
Short-staffed means not having sufficient members of staff.
What part of speech is short-staffed?
Short-staffed is an adjective.

Words near short-staffed in the dictionary

  1. short-sleepers
  2. short-sleeved
  3. short-sold
  4. short-spoken
  5. short-staff
  6. short-staffed
  7. short-staffing
  8. short-staffs
  9. short-stop
  10. short-stopped
  11. short-stopping

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