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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



... if I had needed help I don't know where I should have found it. Sailors are willing enough, but it is true, as is often said,— no one ships for nurse on board a vessel. Our merchant ships are always undermanned, and if one man is lost by sickness, they cannot spare another to take care of him. A sailor is always presumed to be well, and if he's sick he's a poor dog. One has to stand his wheel, and another his lookout, and the sooner he gets ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

... occupations the latter days of June slipped by. Bob had little leisure, for the Service was undermanned for the work it must do. Curtis sooned resigned, to ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White



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