short-handed in English

adjective
1
not having enough or the usual number of staff or crew.
the kitchen was a bit short-handed
2
(of a goal) scored by a team playing with fewer players on the ice than their opponent.
Patrik Elias scored a short-handed goal and set up a power-play tally by Grant Marshall for the Devils.
adjective

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1. Some crop needed picking and the man was short-handed.

2. 18 Her first foray into short-handed sailing was in 1982 when she took part in the Round Britain Race.

3. The Allures 45.9’s size provides comfort, performance and manoeuvrability for a short-handed crew, while maintaining a high level of safety

4. Dallas Stymies Kings, 5-1 Hockey: Stars play a miserly defense and score four times on power play and once short-handed.

5. For a short-handed crew, I consider semipermanently closing off the Companionway in this way to be actually dangerous, because it effectively prevents quick access, both in and out

6. McCollum, Blazers hold off short-handed Heat, 125-122 — Damian Lillard made three free throws with one second remaining for the final margin, and the Portland Trail Blazers survived a wild

7. “The Apiator” (one of many nicknames) has been used for inshore and offshore short-handed and fully-crewed racing and cruising, as well as the venue for many dinner parties, and lazy days and snorkelling at anchor on Moreton Bay and abroad