Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Short-handed \Short`-hand"ed\, a.
   Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or
   helpers.

Source : WordNet®

short-handed
     adj : inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're
           rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and
           understaffed hospitals" [syn: {short-staffed}, {undermanned},
            {understaffed}]