Explore Understaffing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Understaffing meaning
present participle and gerund of understaff
Using Understaffing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of understaff
- In the example corpus, understaffing often appears in combinations such as: understaffing and, to understaffing, and understaffing.
Context around Understaffing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Understaffing
- In this selection, "understaffing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chronic, wide, sited, hold, crumbling and problems stand out and add context to how "understaffing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and chronic understaffing and are deliberately understaffing us. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "understaffing" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with understaffing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are deliberately understaffing us. (5 words)
Accurate forecasting allows proactive planning, preventing understaffing or overstaffing. (9 words)
Without it, understaffing will see patients waiting too long for years to come. (13 words)
He explained how—even though the processing time of contracts tends to ebb and flow over the years—the contracts are currently taking the longest time to process in the time he has been here, which he speculates is due to university-wide understaffing. (44 words)
Understaffing and a lack of government transparency are interfering with a system designed to hold public bodies accountable and keep the public informed, according to some who use the N.W.T.'s access to information system. (37 words)
The RCN pointed out that across the NHS in England, more than 42,000 posts are vacant and record numbers continue to quit nursing against a backdrop of “low pay, poor working conditions and chronic understaffing”. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
He explained how—even though the processing time of contracts tends to ebb and flow over the years—the contracts are currently taking the longest time to process in the time he has been here, which he speculates is due to university-wide understaffing.
Mr Nowak, who took up the general secretary position at the end of last month, told Sunak that public services are suffering after years of “underfunding and understaffing”, according to reports.
The horrific conditions of Illinois’ prison health care system are, in part, the byproduct of chronic understaffing and unrelenting need.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has previously sited understaffing and a lack of nurse to patient ratios as areas of concern for the region.
They are deliberately understaffing us.
Without it, understaffing will see patients waiting too long for years to come.
Accurate forecasting allows proactive planning, preventing understaffing or overstaffing.
Due to understaffing and low funding, however, the Hamre Center is not planning to change their policies regarding medicated abortion access on campus in the near future.
MDC has been plagued by violence, chronic understaffing, a lack of medical care and unsanitary conditions for some time.
Pharmacy employees are staging walk-outs due to understaffing, hold times for any phone support or just informing you all associates are busy and hanging up.
The RCN pointed out that across the NHS in England, more than 42,000 posts are vacant and record numbers continue to quit nursing against a backdrop of “low pay, poor working conditions and chronic understaffing”.
Understaffing and a lack of government transparency are interfering with a system designed to hold public bodies accountable and keep the public informed, according to some who use the N.W.T.'s access to information system.
But the state’s largest school union says the governor’s proposal merely gives the illusion that he is addressing problems that have long plagued public schools, such as understaffing, crumbling facilities and low morale.
He also was blamed belittling employees, and understaffing their human resource department, which created a fear of speaking out throughout the organization.
In March, four Detroit nurses who raised concerns about understaffing and equipment shortages for reportedly violating their hospital’s social media policy.
Much of the blame for understaffing has been directed at pressure from companies that manage drug plans for health insurers and Medicare.
NDP health critic Vicki Mowat says this incident speaks to understaffing problems at long-term care facilities in Saskatchewan.
The Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that the Campbell County Circuit Court unlawfully held the State Public Defender in contempt when she would not provide attorneys for misdemeanor cases due to understaffing.
Understaffing has been one of the more significant issues facing most nursing homes, said Professor Harrington, and hand washing is a huge problem.
Whatever the causes of understaffing, the decision to close schools could make the problem worse.
Common combinations with understaffing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- understaffing and 8×
- to understaffing 7×
- and understaffing 4×
- chronic understaffing 3×
- understaffing at 3×
- understaffing has 2×
- of understaffing 2×