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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How to use understaffed in a sentence?

1. Joe Sullivan:

   Like most police departments, Philadelphia is having a very hard time recruiting new applicants, we’ve seen a mass exodus of officers to early retirement and transferring laterally to other police departments, so the police department is severely understaffed right now, meaning there’s also very little proactive policing going on.

2. 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.

3. Ona Onyia:

   Our desire to help triumphed our fears, seeing how understaffed and overwhelmed New York hospitals were, we wanted to help as best as we can and learn so we can help New York hospitals back home if things got out of control.

4. 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.

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   Our nation had a patchwork of underfunded, understaffed, poorly coordinated health departments and decades out-of-date data systems, none of which were equipped to handle a modern-day public health crisis.