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short-staffs

short-staffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of short-staff.

Meaning of short-staff

Verb

short-staff (third-person singular simple present short-staffs, present participle short-staffing, simple past and past participle short-staffed)

  1. To employ insufficient staff in (a facility)

Questions about short-staffs

What is short-staffs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Short-staffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of short-staff.

Words near short-staffs in the dictionary

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

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