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"
	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.