Usually means: Lacking usual or necessary personnel.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word shorthanded:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorthanded: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Shorthanded, shorthanded: Wordnik
  3. shorthanded: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. shorthanded: Wiktionary
  5. shorthanded: Dictionary.com
  6. shorthanded: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. Shorthanded (hockey), Shorthanded: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. shorthanded: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shorthanded: Dan's Poker
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shorthanded)

adjective:  Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
adjective:  Having less than a quorum.
adjective:  (team sports) Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
adjective:  (poker, of a table) Having fewer than the standard number of players.
adverb:  In a shorthanded manner.

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