If you say that a place or an industry is ~, you mean that you think there are more people working there or doing the work than is necessary.
Many factories were chronically ~.
= overstaffed
? undermanned
ADJ
If you say that a place or an industry is ~, you mean that you think there are more people working there or doing the work than is necessary.
Many factories were chronically ~.
= overstaffed
? undermanned
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012