shorthandedness , auch: short-handedness

On account of this shorthandedness Lord Kitchener had to leave certain districts alone, while he directed his attention to those which were more essential.

Scott's jury-rigged automation would help relieve the ship's shorthandedness . . . for about the last hour of the return trip.

The chronic shorthandedness of the expanding Manticoran Navy had caught the captain's ship short this time, and he drummed his fingers on his desktop while he considered his options.

The paper reports that although the Navy denies that the carrier's recent fatal flight deck collision had anything to do with shorthandedness, the service has experienced a rise in its flight accident rate.