labour-starved
(US labor-starved)
adjective
Lacking available workers; suffering as a result of the absence of labour.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Pall Mall Gazette.
- overplay
- overplay one's hand
- overplease
- overpleased
- over-pleasing
- overplot
- overplotted
- overplotting
- overplough
- overploughing
- overplus
- overpole
- overpoled
- overpopulate
- overpopulation
- overpopulous
- over-pot
- overpotential
- over-potting
- overpour
- overpower
- over-powerful
- overpowering
- overpoweringly
- overpraise