undermanned

[uhn-der-mand]

adjective

1. lacking a normal or sufficient workforce, complement of troops, or the like; understaffed; short-handed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of undermanned¹

First recorded in 1865–70; under- + manned

Example Sentences

But the danger for Ukraine, Zaluzhniy said, is that its undermanned army could reach a point of exhaustion unless it can take back the initiative in the high-tech drone war.

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Arizona keeps fighting but is severely undermanned, and shouldn’t rush Marvin Harrison Jr. back from an appendectomy.

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According to Mr Kessler, such an operation would further stretch an already overburdened and undermanned Secret Service.

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"It's unempowered, it's undermanned and the quality of staff and magistrates is below par," she said.

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The Lakers, who have lost three in a row, close out a trip Friday in Denver — another tough game where the Lakers will be severely undermanned.

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