short-staffed

adjective
🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈstɑːft/
🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈstæft/
[not usually before noun]
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  1. having fewer members of staff than you need or usually have人员配备不足;人手短缺 synonym short-handed
    • We’re short-staffed at the moment because a lot of people are off sick.我们目前人手短缺,因为很多人因病请假。
    see also understaffed