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Undermanned   /ˈəndərmˌænd/   Listen
Undermanned

adjective
1.
Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..  Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed.  "Overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"





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"Undermanned" Quotes from Famous Books



... seaman's fight. Each man did that which seemed to him expedient for the safety of the ship. The Croonah was fully equipped for fine weather—for cleaning brasses and swabbing decks and bending awnings; but for bad weather—notably for a cyclone—she was perilously undermanned. Half of the native crew were paralysed by fear, many were killed, others drowned from a mere incapacity ...
— The Grey Lady • Henry Seton Merriman


Words linked to "Undermanned" :   inadequate, unequal


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