Word familynounshortageshortenershorteningshortieshortnessshortarseshortbreadshortcakeshort circuitshortcomingshortfallshortgownshorthandshorthornshortlistshortstopshort storyshortswordshort-termismshort waveverbshortenshort-changeadjectiveshortishshortarmshortcrustshort-haulshortholdshort-livedshort-rangeshort-sightedshort-staffedshort-temperedshort-termshortadverbshortly
ˌshort-ˈstaffedadjectiveadj
WORKERhaving fewer than the usual or necessary number of workers 人员不足的SYN short-handed
Examples from the Corpus
short-staffed• We're short-staffed here - the summer holiday period's started and everyone's stretched.• The nursing home is so short-staffed that most nurses are working 12 hours a day.• Similarly, branches may be short-staffed thereby increasing loading and unloading times.