understaffed
having an insufficient number of personnel: The hospital is understaffed.
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How to use understaffed in a sentence
The day-to-day delivery of shots, without reinforcements, will play out at understaffed clinics, overwhelmed pharmacies and beleaguered long-term care facilities.
Mass vaccinations against covid-19 will be ‘mind-blowing’ challenge for Alabama, other poor, rural states | Isaac Stanley-Becker | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostVA hospitals are understaffed—just before the pandemic, the VA reported 43,000 staff vacancies out of more than 400,000 health care staff positions.
Eight reasons COVID-19 has hit veterans particularly hard | By Jamie Rowen/The Conversation | November 11, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe cumbersome boxes are more difficult to sort than paper mail, and stressed the Postal Service’s already understaffed operations.
USPS processed 150,000 ballots after Election Day, jeopardizing thousands of votes | Jacob Bogage, Christopher Ingraham | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostA pandemic coupled with record numbers of mail-in ballots means that local election offices will both be understaffed and overextended.
Voter intimidation, Russian influence, refusal to accept results: What could go wrong on Election Night | Nicole Goodkind | November 2, 2020 | FortuneAt the same time, it’s clear that some problems—PPE shortages, the pace of vaccine development, understaffed hospitals—are beyond the ability of any one person to fix.
Fve pending nominees call Arizona home, all of whom were designated “judicial emergencies” to serve on understaffed courts.
Abu Muhammadeen, one of the surgeons, said the hospital is critically understaffed.
Some stores are understaffed, and “that causes a poor experience for the customer.”
If Cosi Wants to Make a Profit, It Needs to Increase Wages | Daniel Gross | August 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen those entities were underfunded, understaffed, and marginalized, it encouraged an anything-goes environment.
The NFL Referees’ Strike Highlights Larger Truths About the U.S. Economy | Daniel Gross | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe police forces are understaffed, insufficiently trained, and ill-equipped.
The estate was understaffed, underfinanced, and the repairs were always in arrear.
Notwithstanding | Mary CholmondeleyBut I will say that according to other institutions, that this institution was also understaffed.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe hotel people are so dreadfully understaffed just now--this war!
Alone | Norman DouglasAs a result, they are too few in number and are seriously understaffed, making shopping a time-consuming and frustrating activity.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleShe says the school is understaffed and that the governors have consented to her obtaining some extra assistance.
Loyal to the School | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for understaffed
/ (ˌʌndəˈstɑːft) /
not having enough staff: her department is understaffed
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