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View synonyms for undermanned

undermanned

[ uhn-der-mand ]

adjective

  1. 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

First recorded in 1865–70; under- + manned

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Example Sentences

The crisis in Iraq is a disaster for the moderate rebels, including the undermanned and under-resourced FSA.

There should have been twenty, but to be undermanned has been English fashion since Agincourt.

It looks as though Jaggard's printing office was undermanned.

They wanted to be sure that the schooner was not going to sail from the latter port undermanned.

Then came the muster and picking for watches, when the grim fact became apparent that we were grievously undermanned.

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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