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short-handed

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short-hand·ed (shôrthndd)
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.short-handedshort-handed - inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
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] ADJfalto de mano de obra/personal
short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] adja corto di personale
short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] adja corto di personale


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Yes, we are very short-handed and the chief let me go down to see Mr.
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.
Guess you won't want him, anyway, an' this blame windlass work makes us short-handed.
 
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