short-handed
short-staffed
understaffed
undermanned
short-staffing
short-staff
understaffing
shorthanded
understaff
lighthanded
light-handed
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
outplacement
schlepper
merry men
middle class
overclerked
labor resources
unfilled
nonstaff
jobless
skills shortage
bull week
brain drain
worker
petit bourgeois
personpower
petite bourgeoisie
petty bourgeoisie
proletarian
human resources
prole
bosslessness
unhirable
restaffing
bench strength
staffable
pseudoprofessional
workership
degradement
underorganized
gender-balanced
professionless
missout
fail
top-heavy
underlabourer
layoff
multibureau
inoccupation
chairborne
antiemployee
speedup
adjunct
absentee rate
overman
above one's paygrade
out-of-work
wanting
lacking
underburdened
deficient
untenured
underoccupation
interworkplace
people
downsize
gap
unemployable
multiemployer
unwork
featherbed
unstaffed
unprofessional
underqualified
deadheader
unworkability
hireling
opening
pseudoclerical
CES
overtenured
nonemploying
headcount
working stiff
underemployed
inorganization
job order
nonorganization
underpromotion
seagull manager
underskilled
office staff
disoccupation
master
office

English words for 'inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.'

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