8
understaffed
6
short-handed
5
short-staffed
5
shorthanded(adjective, inadequate, excess)
2
incomplete(adjective, inadequate)
2
short(adjective, inadequate)
2
underhanded
1
famished
1
half-starved
1
ill-equipped
1
ill-furnished
1
ill-provided
1
ill off
1
impoverished
1
inadequate
1
on short commons(expression, idiom)
1
pauperized
1
poor
1
scarce(adjective, inadequate)
1
starved
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