shorthanded

Adj

• Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
• Having less than a quorum.
• Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
• Having fewer than the standard number of players.

Adv

• In a shorthanded manner.

Verb

• simple past and past participle of shorthand

Examples

• "The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in."

Synonyms

short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed

Related Words

shorthand