skeleton staff in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for skeleton staff in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for skeleton staff in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.skeleton [Am ˈskɛlətn, Brit ˈskɛlɪt(ə)n] N

II.skeleton [Am ˈskɛlətn, Brit ˈskɛlɪt(ə)n] ADJ attr

I.staff [Am stæf, Brit stɑːf] N

1.1. staff (as group):

staff + sing or pl vb
staff meeting SCHOOL

3. staff MUS → stave

II.staff [Am stæf, Brit stɑːf] VB trans

See also stave

skeleton staff in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skeleton staff in the English»Spanish Dictionary

skeleton [ˈskelɪtən, Am -lə-] N

I.staff [stɑ:f, Am stæf] staves N

II.staff [stɑ:f, Am stæf] staves VB trans

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It is now maintaining the mining operation on a skeleton staff.
www.proactiveinvestors.com.au
It will be shipped to port during the break by a skeleton staff at the rail heads.
www.afr.com
The stunned survivors -- never has the phrase skeleton staff been more apposite -- chose to react more in sorrow than in anger.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The lone security guard seen there said the facility still employed a skeleton staff on the compound.
jamaica-gleaner.com
The only areas where social worker numbers had gone up was areas where there was no ability to run a skeleton staff.
www.stuff.co.nz
He says he runs his business on skeleton staff.
www.abc.net.au
Family run food businesses are often run with a skeleton staff, so it's difficult to open 12 hours every day.
www.cbc.ca
But there is concern that some firms are inclined to hire only a skeleton staff to maximise profits.
www.dailymail.co.uk
This scenario has left authorities at the hospital having to work with skeleton staff to fill all those departments.
www.thezimbabwedaily.com
Embassies were either reduced to a skeleton staff or simply shut down.
en.wikipedia.org

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