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Meaning of SHORT-HANDED

Pronunciation:  short 'handid

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
 

SHORT-HANDED is a 12 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: inadequate, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Short`-hand"ed\, a.
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or
helpers.

 

 

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