English Explanatory Dictionary

understaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To furnish with too few staff; to staff inadequately.

noun

Staff (employees) who are subordinate to other staff.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-understaff.wav

Word forms

understaff understaffs understaffing understaffed

Etymology

From under- + staff.

Related words

overstaff

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