understaffed

Examples

• All

• The company doesn't lose a minute's work, and in an understaffed operation like this, that means real money.

  Fiction book (1995)

• They're really understaffed here.

  Artemis Fowl (2020)

• We were way understaffed for way too long.

  Evan Carmichael

• I told you a thousand times we're understaffed.

  Leatherface (2017)

• Frankly, we are understaffed, and we need the space.

  Choose Me (1984)

• Police forces in developing countries are often severely understaffed and lacking in popular support.

  Academic text (1993)

• We're overwhelmed and understaffed.

  Day of the Dead (2008)

• Criminals have become more daring... ...and Metropolis P.D. remains understaffed and underfunded.

  Superman: Doomsday (2007)

• Patrick explained his experiences with the office this way: "They’re very busy, but they’re extremely understaffed."

  Academic text (2015)

• The restaurant was frequently understaffed, leading to long wait times for customers.

Synonyms

S

short-handed

vsunderstaffed

• US

12 4.4

Not having enough people to do the job

means lacking staff for work rather than other resource problems

S

short-staffed

vsunderstaffed

7 3.9

There are too few workers to do the work well

refers specifically to insufficient staff rather than other shortages

U

undermanned

vsunderstaffed

3 5.6

There are not enough people to do the work properly

emphasizes the same lack but in general staffing terms

U

understrength

vsunderstaffed

1 5.5

Does not have enough people or resources to work properly

focuses only on missing staff rather than broader strength or resources

Antonyms

O

overstaffed

1 4.1

Having more workers than needed for the work

How Staffed

overstaffed

1 4.1

understaffed

15 3.4

unstaffed

1 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology