[
US
/ˈəndɝˌmænd/
]
[ UK /ˌʌndəmˈænd/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌndəmˈænd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
they're rather short-handed at the moment
overcrowded and understaffed hospitals
How To Use undermanned In A Sentence
- Mrs Crowther belongs to the neighbourhood watch and admires the two hard-working local beat police, but says they are ridiculously undermanned.
- In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
- You all know we were undermanned before this encounter.
- Many aircraft maintenance areas are undermanned.
- Army fuel supply sections were also undermanned and officers from army reserves (three to five persons) were used to strengthen them.
- The conditions were very bad, and we were grossly undermanned.
- Reserves Perry Carter and Lionel Washington handled the emergency responsibilities with little problem, easing the burden of an undermanned secondary.
- Undermanned, unambitious and passionate only when circumstances demanded, they were given what they deserved.
- Their operations are pathetically undercapitalised, undermanned, and haphazard.
- We're undermanned, underpowered, out-classed in nearly every way.