undermanned

How to use undermanned in a sentence

• In England the great frigates were generally both under-manned and badly victualled, and the cruises were long and sickening.

  Pike & Cutlass | George Gibbs

• Hereward found his vessels under-manned, and had to sail northward for fresh hands.

  Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles Kingsley

• The ship's ballast was gone, by the bursting of the tanks; she was top-heavy and under manned.

  If, Yes and Perhaps | Edward Everett Hale

• As a rule, Spanish vessels are far better found than English craft, and are rather over than under manned.

  Ben Burton | W. H. G. Kingston

• We are under-manned as it is, and now so many of our hands have been injured that we are helpless.

  Under the Star-Spangled Banner | F. S. Brereton