sous-effectif

suz‿efɛktif

Definition

Definition of sous-effectif - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

personnel insuffisantmanque de personnel nécessaire pour bien faire le travail

L'hôpital souffre d'un sous-effectif chronique dans le service des urgences.

manque de personnel

Adjective

personnel insuffisantqui manque de personnel suffisant pour fonctionner correctement

Le service est sous-effectif depuis plusieurs départs.

insuffisant

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en sous-effectif

adj.

qui manque de personnel pour fonctionner correctement

L'hôpital est en sous-effectif depuis plusieurs mois.

être en sous-effectif

manquer de personnel par rapport aux besoins normaux

L'hôpital est en sous-effectif depuis le départ de plusieurs infirmières.

Origin of sous-effectif

français, sous- (sous) + effectif (latin, effectivus (effectif))

Examples of sous-effectif in a sentence

Le directeur reconnaît que le sous-effectif nuit à la qualité du service.
Cette unité de soins est gravement sous-effectif la nuit.
Les équipes de maintenance sont sous-effectif pendant les vacances d’été.

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English:understaffing, understaffed, ...
German:Personalmangel, unterbesetzt, ...
Italian:sottorganico, sotto organico, ...
Spanish:falta de personal, con falta de personal, ...
Portuguese:falta de pessoal, subdimensionado, ...
Chinese:人员不足, 人员不足的, ...
Japanese:人員不足, 人手不足の, ...
Arabic:نَقْص المُوَظَّفِين, ناقِص المُوَظَّفِينَ, ...
Hebrew:מַחְסוֹר בְּכֹחַ אָדָם, חָסֵר כֹּחַ אָדָם, ...
Russian:неукомплектованность, недоукомплектованный, ...
Ukrainian:нестача персоналу, недоукомплектований, ...
Catalan:manca de personal, amb manca de personal, ...
Danish:underbemanding, underbemandet, ...
Dutch:onderbezetting, onderbemand, ...
Greek:υποστελέχωση, υποστελεχωμένος, ...
Hungarian:létszámhiány, létszámhiányos, ...
Khmer:បុគ្គលិកខ្វះខាត, ខ្វះបុគ្គលិក, ...
Korean:인력 부족, 인력이 부족한, ...
Polish:niedobór personelu, niewystarczająco obsadzony, ...
Portuguese (BR):falta de pessoal, com equipe reduzida, ...
Romanian:personal insuficient, subdimensionat, ...
Swedish:underbemanning, underbemannad, ...
Thai:การขาดแคลนบุคลากร, ขาดแคลนบุคลากร, ...
Turkish:personel eksikliği, yetersiz personelli, ...
Vietnamese:tình trạng thiếu nhân sự, thiếu người, ...

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