Difference between Short-staffed and Inadequate

Short-staffed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not having sufficient members of staff

Inadequate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

Example sentence: Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.