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short-staffing

short-staffing noun: employment of insufficient staff. Also the present participle and gerund of short-staff.

Noun

short-staffing (uncountable)

  1. Employment of insufficient staff.

Also used as

short-staffing is also the present participle and gerund of short-staff.

Questions about short-staffing

What does short-staffing mean?
Short-staffing means employment of insufficient staff.
What part of speech is short-staffing?
Short-staffing is a noun.

Words near short-staffing in the dictionary

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

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