Synonyms for understaffed
ˌʌn dərˈstæft, -ˈstɑftun·der·staffed

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1. short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffedadjective

   inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

   "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"

   Synonyms:
   short-staffed, undermanned, short-handed

   Antonyms:
   equal, adequate

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1. Councilmember Shook:

   That led the business community to come together and pledge themselves to putting private dollars into beefing up what everyone knows is an understaffed police force citywide, buckhead is a huge commercial node. It's arguably one of the biggest retail entertainment nodes in the southeast. And what was going on just hurt everybody, by reputation and physically.

2. United States:

   Our nation had a patchwork of underfunded, understaffed, poorly coordinated health departments and decades out-of-date data systems, none of which were equipped to handle a modern-day public health crisis.

3. Jason Chaffetz:

   The fundamental problem is that they are still understaffed by nearly 1,000 agents, and the consequence is the people that are there have to work more hours than they ever should be scheduled to work, you don’t want an agent who’s been on the job for 12 hours a day for 30 days in a row standing guard on the president—that’s not good for anyone.

4. Lisa Graybill:

   Dozens have died and hundreds of others live in squalid conditions with standing sewage in freezing temperatures as a result of ... Mississippis neglect. Mississippis prisons are overcrowded, understaffed, and arent safe for anyone.

5. Randall Kallinen:

   98 pound special needs inmate brain dead after attack by 240 pound repeat violent offender with knife at understaffed Harris County jail, we shall get justice.