understaffed
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- s inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
overcrowded and understaffed hospitals
- Ostensibly, PATCO members left their radarscopes last week to emphasize claims that their facilities are understaffed and that the controllers themselves are overworked and .
- But for the past several years, the traditionally underfunded and understaffed organization has sometimes been slow to react, or taken no protective action at all, in response to .
- The agency typically had 2,500 employees ready to respond; when Katrina hit, they were understaffed by 500.