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. Yang Weiguang:

   It was very sudden, he was in such good health, and he loved sports. It’s sad to see a doctor with 21 years of experience go like that. Yang Weiguang noted that Li Jing had led the hospital during outbreaks of SARS, dengue fever and the avian flu. Li Jing said colleagues will remember Li Jing as a modest and hardworking man. I believe the reason for this tragedy is that hospitals are too often understaffed.

2. 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.

3. Jane Dueker:

   They’re understaffed, underpaid, so when they have the ability to bring a case to the prosecutor’s office, to not have it prosecuted is demoralizing, because they know that nine times out of 10 they’re gonna run into this person again.

4. Courtesy Ashley Heun:

   They are overworked, underpaid and understaffed, am I happy with what they did? No, I’m not. What I want to show, though, is how easily we can send damaging messages to our children.

5. Filipe Ribeiro:

   The overall health system in Afghanistan is understaffed, under-equipped and underfunded, for years. And the great risk is that this underfunding will continue over time.