shorthanded.
Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
Meaning & usage
Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in.
Having less than a quorum.
Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
Having fewer than the standard number of players.
Where this word comes from
From short + handed.
In a shorthanded manner.
Where this word comes from
From short + handed.
simple past and past participle of shorthand
Where this word comes from
From short + handed.
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