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understaffed

/ˌʌndərˈstæft/

Meanings
adjective
Having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

Examples :

"The library was understaffed, so the waiting lines were long. "
business job organization

Related Words

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long noun

/ˈlɔːŋ/ /ˈlɑŋ/ /ˈlɒŋ/ /ˈlɔŋ/

A long vowel.

"The "o" in "boat" is a long vowel sound. "

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having verb

/ˈhævɪŋ/

To possess, own.

"I have a house and a car."

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assistants noun

/əˈsɪstənts/

Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.

"The assistants at the accident scene waited for the paramedics to arrive. "

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workers noun

/ˈwɜː.kəz/ /ˈwɝ.kɚz/

A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.

"The factory workers assembled the cars all day. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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waiting verb

[ˈweɪ̯ɾɪŋ]

To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

"We are waiting the bus to arrive. "

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inadequate noun

/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/

An individual who is inadequate.

"The inadequate showed up late to every class, making it hard to keep up with the course material. "

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an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "

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were noun

/wɜːr/ /wər/

A man, a husband

"The were in my family is a kind and supportive man. "

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lines noun

/laɪnz/

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

"The arrow descended in a curved line."

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library noun

/ˈlaɪbɹi/ /ˈlaɪbɹəɹi/

An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.

"The local library has a wide selection of books for children and adults. "

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number noun

/ˈnʌmbə/ /ˈnʌmbɚ/ /ˈnʌmə/ /ˈnʌmɚ/

An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

"Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."