Definitions
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- adjective having an
inadequate number ofworkers orassistants
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was understaffed from the get-go with documented declines in the margin of safety. bdbd Says:
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* # of stores that could have been considered "understaffed" - 0 out of 27
Starbucks Gossip 2009
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# of stores that could have been considered "understaffed" - 0 out of 8
Starbucks Gossip 2009
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* # of stores that could have been considered "understaffed" - 0 out of 28
Starbucks Gossip 2009
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Perhaps the sheriff's department is "understaffed" and does not have enough resources to enforce the law properly?
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local sammy518 2010
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Perhaps the sheriff's department is "understaffed" and does not have enough resources to enforce the law properly?
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local sammy518 2010
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Meanwhile, the S.E.C. insists that it could not have known what Lehman was up to because it was "understaffed" and "ill-suited" to run a voluntary oversight program.
NYT > Home Page By SUSAN P. KONIAK 2010
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Meanwhile, the S.E.C. insists that it could not have known what Lehman was up to because it was "understaffed" and "ill-suited" to run a voluntary oversight program.
NYT > Home Page By SUSAN P. KONIAK 2010
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Usually it's when P Cell is "understaffed", or to restock nearby Green Boxes.
Yog-Sothoth Forums Agent_Bluescale 2010
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They've always been understaffed, meaning delays and poor service.
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March 23, 2018