short-handed

short-hand·ed (shôrt

adj.

1. Lacking the usual or necessary number of workers, employees, or assistants.

2. Sports

a. Having fewer players on the ice or playing area than the opposing team, usually because of a penalty.

b. Scored by a team that is short-handed: a short-handed goal.

short-handed

adj

1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) lacking the usual or necessary number of assistants, workers, etc.

2. (General Sporting Terms) Sport US and Canadian with less than the full complement of players

short-handedness n

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Adj.

short-handed - inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"

short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed

inadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

Translations

short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] ADJ → falto de mano de obra/personal

short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] adj → a corto di personale

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Brachygrapher Hand hour hand little hand penalty killer short short-staffed shorthand underhanded undermanned understaffed	Yes, we are very short-handed and the chief let me go down to see Mr. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context Guess you won't want him, anyway, an' this blame windlass work makes us short-handed. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context	short supply short takeoff and landing short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft short temper short term short time short title short ton short wave short whist Short's aster short-acting short-beaked short-billed short-billed marsh wren short-bodied Short-breathed short-change short-circuit short-dated short-day short-day plant short-eared short-grass short-haired short-handed short-handled short-haul short-headed short-horned grasshopper Short-jointed short-leaf pine short-list short-lived short-nosed short-order short-order cook short-range short-range air defense engagement zone short-range ballistic missile short-range transport aircraft short-run short-sheet short-sighted short-sightedly short-sightedness short-sleeved short-snouted short-spoken short-spurred short-spurred fragrant orchid	Short-day plant short-day response short-delay blasting short-delay detonator short-distance navigation Short-Duration Dithranol Therapy Short-eared Short-eared Owl short-eared owls Short-Fault Protection Short-Fiber-Reinforced Rubber Short-Finned Squid Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire Short-Form Registration Short-Form Registrations short-gate gain Short-Grain Brown Rice short-grained short-grained short-grass Short-Grass Prairie Population Short-Grass Stepp Short-gut syndrome short-haired Short-haired guinea pigs Short-haired guinea pigs Short-haired guinea pigs short-handed Short-handed goal Short-Handed Goals Short-Handed Points short-handled short-haul short-haul Short-Haul Civil Tiltrotor short-haul convoy short-haul modem short-head short-headed Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat short-heading short-heads Short-Hop Channel Allocation Short-Hop, Fast-Fall, L Short-Hop, Fast-Fall, L-Cancel short-horned grasshopper short-horned grasshopper short-interest ratio Short-jointed Short-Latency Acoustic Evoked Potential Short-latency Somatosensory Evoked Potential short-leaf pine short-leg cast short-leg cast with walker

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Brachygrapher
Hand
hour hand
little hand
penalty killer
short
short-staffed
shorthand
underhanded
undermanned
understaffed

Yes, we are very short-handed and the chief let me go down to see Mr.

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

Guess you won't want him, anyway, an' this blame windlass work makes us short-handed.

Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

Short-day plant
short-day response
short-delay blasting
short-delay detonator
short-distance navigation
Short-Duration Dithranol Therapy
Short-eared
Short-eared Owl
short-eared owls
Short-Fault Protection
Short-Fiber-Reinforced Rubber
Short-Finned Squid
Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire
Short-Form Registration
Short-Form Registrations
short-gate gain
Short-Grain Brown Rice
short-grained
short-grained
short-grass
Short-Grass Prairie Population
Short-Grass Stepp
Short-gut syndrome
short-haired
Short-haired guinea pigs
Short-haired guinea pigs
Short-haired guinea pigs

short-handed

Short-handed goal
Short-Handed Goals
Short-Handed Points
short-handled
short-haul
short-haul
Short-Haul Civil Tiltrotor
short-haul convoy
short-haul modem
short-head
short-headed
Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat
short-heading
short-heads
Short-Hop Channel Allocation
Short-Hop, Fast-Fall, L
Short-Hop, Fast-Fall, L-Cancel
short-horned grasshopper
short-horned grasshopper
short-interest ratio
Short-jointed
Short-Latency Acoustic Evoked Potential
Short-latency Somatosensory Evoked Potential
short-leaf pine
short-leg cast
short-leg cast with walker

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