understaff

tr.v., -staffed, -staff·ing, -staffs.
To supply with fewer employees than required: Management was careful not to understaff the agency.

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The adjective has one meaning:

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

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - underbemandet, for lidt personale

Français (French)
adj. - qui manque de personnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unterbesetzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - με ανεπαρκές προσωπικό

Italiano (Italian)
a corto di mano d'opera

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - com poucos empregados

Русский (Russian)
недоукомплек- тованный (штатами)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - con personal insuficiente, con pocos empleados, corto de personal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - underbemannad

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

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

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인원 부족의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人員不足の, 人手不足の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שסגל-העובדים שלו קטן מדיי‬

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