How to pronounce understaffed
Listen to understaffed in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“understaffed” in real sentences
126 clips in the index · 21 American · 65 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Underfunded, understaffed.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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understaffed, and unsafe.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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We are severely understaffed.
36th District Democrats · hear it here
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We were underprepared and understaffed.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of understaffed. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.