Usually means: Insufficient number of available workers.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word understaffed:

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  1. understaffed: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. understaffed: Merriam-Webster
  3. understaffed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. understaffed: Vocabulary.com
  5. Understaffed, understaffed: Wordnik
  6. understaffed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. understaffed: Wiktionary
  8. understaffed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. understaffed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. understaffed: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. understaffed: Dictionary.com
  12. understaffed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. understaffed: Rhymezone
  14. understaffed: FreeDictionary.org
  15. understaffed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. understaffed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

Similar:
short-staffed, undermanned, inadequate, short-handed, weak-handed, shorthanded, short handed, underbusy, light-handed, underequipped, more...

Opposite:
fully staffed, adequately staffed, well-staffed

Types:
short-staffed, undermanned, under-resourced, under-equipped, underfunded, more...

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Similar:
short-staffed, undermanned, inadequate, short-handed, weak-handed, shorthanded, short handed, underbusy, light-handed, underequipped, more...

Opposite:
fully staffed, adequately staffed, well-staffed

Types:
short-staffed, undermanned, under-resourced, under-equipped, underfunded, more...



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