understaffed
adjective
un·der·staffed
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Definition of understaffed
: inadequately staffed
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Other Words from understaffed
understaffing
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Examples of understaffed in a Sentence
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His brazen escape highlights a prison system that is overcrowded and understaffed. — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, "Brazen prisoner escape in Tennessee highlights guard shortage in U.S.," 12 Aug. 2019 Cuyahoga County has struggled hiring and retaining corrections officers at the jail where the officer roster is understaffed. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Prospective Cuyahoga County Jail employee arrested at jail on warrant accusing her of smuggling drugs into Mansfield prison," 2 Aug. 2019 Powerful drug kingpins often continue to run their criminal organizations from behind bars in the understaffed detention facilities. — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, "Prison Riot Leaves 52 Dead in Northern Brazil," 29 July 2019 Still, the groups are underfunded and understaffed for the daunting job, employees and city government officials say. — Ali Watkins, New York Times, "‘I Just Wish We Could’ve Made It’," 27 July 2019 And both the police department and the police union have suggested crime is out of control in part because the department — with a half-a-billion-dollar annual budget — is understaffed and can’t recruit fast enough to outpace attrition. — Kevin Rector, baltimoresun.com, "76 Baltimore Police misconduct cases have been allowed to expire since 2016," 25 July 2019 In the lawsuit, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh claims the company’s group homes and schools were understaffed, and that workers received inadequate training and pay. — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, "Maryland Sues Notorious For-Profit Group Homes. The Company Was the Subject of ProPublica Investigation.," 12 July 2019 The agency in charge of dealing with overcrowded conditions at migrant facilities near the southern border is severely understaffed at the leadership level. — NBC News, "Homeland insecurity: Empty seats at agency dealing with overcrowding at the border," 6 July 2019 Their complaints include being understaffed and a lack of training for tasks they are required to perform outside their normal job duties. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, "Contract baggage handlers, wheelchair agents at Denver International Airport go on strike, citing unsafe working conditions," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'understaffed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for understaffed
understaffed
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of understaffed
: not having enough workers : having a staff that is too small
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