| 单词 | short-staffed |
| 释义 | short-staffed (once / 537242 pages) adj WORD FAMILY short-staffed USAGE EXAMPLESExcept when we were really short-staffed, few regulars besides Christine ever served the meal. The New Yorker(Nov 24, 2016) Pilots from ABX Air went on strike Tuesday, saying that the airline is short-staffed and has been forcing them to work on their days off. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) The program began in 2008, in large part as a response to an increased need for tutors in the prisons’ short-staffed education programs. Washington Times(Nov 20, 2016) adj inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. Syn short-handed, undermanned, understaffed inadequate, unequal lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task |
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