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understaffing

understaffing is the present participle and gerund of understaff.

Meaning of understaff

Verb

understaff (third-person singular simple present understaffs, present participle understaffing, simple past and past participle understaffed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with too few staff; to staff inadequately.

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Noun

understaffing (plural understaffings)

  1. The situation of having insufficient members of staff.

Forms of understaffing

pluralunderstaffings

Questions about understaffing

What does understaffing mean?
Understaffing means the situation of having insufficient members of staff.
What is understaffing the present participle and gerund of?
Understaffing is the present participle and gerund of understaff.
What part of speech is understaffing?
Understaffing is a noun.
What is the plural of understaffing?
The plural of understaffing is understaffings.

Words near understaffing in the dictionary

  1. underspun
  2. undersquare
  3. understable
  4. understaff
  5. understaffed
  6. understaffing
  7. understaffings
  8. understaffs
  9. understage
  10. understaged
  11. understages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: understaffing (page history and authors); understaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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