1. inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; - Example: "they're rather short-handed at the moment" - Example: "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals" [syn: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
short-staffed
adj 1: inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.;
"they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded
and understaffed hospitals" [syn: short-handed, short-
staffed, undermanned, understaffed]