short-handed

Examples

• All

• I'm short-handed in the dining room.

  The Remains of the Day (1993)

• Our reserve has been ordered up there to help out, so I was just calling to say that we're going to be a little short -handed down here for a few days.

  It Waits (2005)

• - We're so short handed.

  The Dead Pit (1989)

• The main problem is we're already short-handed.

  Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

• Otherwise, we'll be a little short-handed.

  Ride the High Country (1962)

• I'm short-handed as it is.

  Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

• Carl, we're a little short-handed.

  Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

• I'm a little short-handed tonight, so I asked Father Dave to keep an eye on her.

  Hubie Halloween (2020)

• Yes, the hospital's short-handed.

  Cop & ½ (1993)

• The Browns are already short-handed at corner, with Dimitri Patterson still sidelined by a high ankle sprain and torn ligaments.

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Synonyms

U

understaffed

vsshort-handed

15 3.4

There are not enough workers to do the work needed

is the same meaning but uses an alternate term instead

S

short-staffed

vsshort-handed

7 3.9

There are too few workers to do the work well

expresses the same lack of workers using a different word

U

undermanned

vsshort-handed

3 5.6

There are not enough people to do the work properly

is the same idea but named with a different expression

How Staffed

overstaffed

1 4.1

short-handed

• US

12 4.4

unstaffed

1 3.6

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