undermanned

Examples

• All

• In terms of his actual coaching, I love that he's been more aggressive, especially in road games, than the past regime, and while there have been a lot of growing pains, you can tell that he's squeezing as much as he can out of a thin, undermanned team that nobody expected much out of even before the NCAA effectively crippled the program.

  Blog text (34)

• Freeland, a bouncy 6-7 forward who once erupted for 24 points at Georgetown and 25 at Syracuse, will add scoring and rebounding to Long Beach State's undermanned frontcourt.

  Blog text (17)

• On the ground, the United States appears undermanned.

  Academic text (2004)

• Feed him into an undermanned fighter squadron.

  Hurricane (2018)

• Day in and day out, I'm undermanned, under-armed and underpaid.

  The Sweeney (2012)

• It is apparent that the Jets are an undermanned team on the offensive side of the ball, starting at the skill positions.

  Blog text (22)

• The current security staff is woefully undermanned, undertrained, and inattentive.

  Blog text (32)

• After a rocky start to the season (at least for him), Rodgers is right back on track, and Detroit's undermanned secondary could be in trouble.

  Blog text (8)

• But when doing so, they must realize that no matter who wins, the next president's biggest problem will be fighting wars overseas with a war-weary populace and an undermanned and ill-equipped military.

  Blog text (12)

• Harriman frowns again, trying to come up with another solution, but it isn't easy—it's his first day in command; his ship is undermanned and ill-prepared.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

U

understaffed

vsundermanned

15 3.4

There are not enough workers to do the work needed

is the general label for any shortage of workers or assistants

S

short-handed

vsundermanned

• US

12 4.4

Not having enough people to do the job

applies more broadly to a staff shortage rather than just helpers

S

short-staffed

vsundermanned

7 3.9

There are too few workers to do the work well

is a wider term for not having enough people to handle tasks

U

understrength

vsundermanned

1 5.5

Does not have enough people or resources to work properly

focuses more narrowly on missing workers or assistants rather than other resources

Antonyms

O

overstaffed

1 4.1

Having more workers than needed for the work

How Staffed

undermanned

3 5.6

unmanned

• Specialized

39 5.1

unstaffed

1 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology