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a.

(Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.


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adjective

    Lacking the requisite workers or players: shorthanded. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
  Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed


 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - underbemandet

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderbezet

Français (French)
adj. - en sous-effectif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unterbesetzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπαρκώς επανδρωμένος ή στελεχωμένος, με ελλιπές πλήρωμα

Italiano (Italian)
a corto di mano d'opera

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - com pouca tripulação

Русский (Russian)
неполностью укомплектованный личным составом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - falto de personal, con una tripulación insuficiente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - underbemannad, ha för liten besättning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
人手不足的, 船员不足的, 人员不足的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人手不足的, 船員不足的, 人員不足的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인원 부족의, 손이 모자라는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乗組員不足の, 人員不足の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) به نقص في الايدي العامله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מאוייש פחות מהדרוש‬


 
 
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