skeleton staff
skeleton staff · skeleton staffs
The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation,…The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
» While most nurses reported for duty, they joined pickets outside the hospitals leaving only skeleton staff to care for patients.
Meaning
1 sensesThe minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
Examples
1 sentencesWhile most nurses reported for duty, they joined pickets outside the hospitals leaving only skeleton staff to care for patients.
Forms
plural: skeleton staffs| Singular | skeleton staff |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedskeleton crew