"understaffing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: understaffings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} understaffing (plural understaffings)
  1. The situation of having insufficient members of staff.
    Sense id: en-understaffing-en-noun-uiwwocWz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} understaffing
  1. present participle and gerund of understaff Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: understaff
    Sense id: en-understaffing-en-verb-osybaCz0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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