short-handed shorthanded

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• short-handed — UK US (also shorthanded) adjective WORKPLACE ► not having the usual or necessary number of workers: »The industry heads into this crucial period shorthanded due to a paperwork problem. leave sb short handed »The state s crackdown on illegal… …   Financial and business terms

• Short handed — Shorthanded is a term used in ice hockey and refers to having fewer skaters on the ice during play, as a result of a penalty. The player removed from play serves the penalty in the penalty box for a set amount of time proportional to the severity …   Wikipedia

• short-handed — also shorthanded ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If a company, organization, or group is short handed, it does not have enough people to work on a particular job or for a particular purpose. We re actually a bit short handed at the moment. Syn: short… …   English dictionary

• short-staffed — adjective inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. they re rather short handed at the moment overcrowded and understaffed hospitals • Syn: ↑short handed, ↑undermanned, ↑understaffed • Similar to: ↑inadequate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• shorthanded — see short handed …   English dictionary

• shorthanded — Synonyms and related words: bare handed, beggarly, empty handed, famished, half starved, ill off, ill equipped, ill furnished, ill provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, short, starved, starveling, starving, underfed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Single-handed sailing — The sport of single handed sailing is sailing with only one crewmember (ie. only one person on board the vessel). The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing. Terminology In… …   Wikipedia

• Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race — The Single handed Trans Atlantic Race, or STAR, is an east to west yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth to the USA, and is held every four years.… …   Wikipedia

• bare handed — Synonyms and related words: bare ankled, bare armed, bare backed, bare breasted, bare chested, bare headed, bare legged, bare necked, beggarly, defenseless, empty handed, famished, guardless, half starved, helpless, ill off, ill equipped, ill… …   Moby Thesaurus

• empty handed — Synonyms and related words: bare handed, beggarly, famished, half starved, ill off, ill equipped, ill furnished, ill provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, shorthanded, starved, starveling, starving, underfed, undermanned,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• в (численном) меньшинстве — Ситуация, в которой хоккейной команде приходится играть в составе менее шести игроков по причине того, что один или несколько хоккеистов были отправлены на скамейку штрафников, в то время как противник играет в полном составе. [Департамент… …   Справочник технического переводчика