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View synonyms for undermanned
undermanned
[ uhn-der-mand ]
adjective
- lacking a normal or sufficient workforce, complement of troops, or the like; understaffed; short-handed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of undermanned1
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Example Sentences
The crisis in Iraq is a disaster for the moderate rebels, including the undermanned and under-resourced FSA.
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There should have been twenty, but to be undermanned has been English fashion since Agincourt.
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It looks as though Jaggard's printing office was undermanned.
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They wanted to be sure that the schooner was not going to sail from the latter port undermanned.
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Then came the muster and picking for watches, when the grim fact became apparent that we were grievously undermanned.
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The Countess of Rothes was pulling at the oars of her boat, likewise undermanned because the crew preferred to stay behind.
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