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Meanings of undermanned in English

Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

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Usage of undermanned in English
1
No fear of the old country ever getting undermanned-letdie who must.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
2
The ships were undermanned, for the sailors, too, had been ashore feasting.
The Trail Book
3
Not if the ship is undermanned, and the captain a senile poltroon.
Quicksilver
4
He knew that we must be undermanned, being so close to us.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
5
This confusion was most harmful on the Tolmein-Rombon sector, which was woefully undermanned.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
6
The expedition had been poorly outfitted and undermanned from the beginning.
Despoilers of the Golden Empire
7
Consequently, its capitulation provided a morale boost to Syria's undermanned and overstretched army.
The Irish Times
8
The apartment he leased me was overpriced and undermanned, and today it fell down.
Venus In Copper
9
It's too dangerous, and with the Blue Tower destroyed, our walls are hopelessly undermanned.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
10
As we were undermanned, it was necessary to be very careful in that respect.
Peter Biddulph: The Story of an Australian Settler
11
Without three of their starters, the undermanned Clippers couldn't keep pace with the Nuggets.
Reuters
12
The Rockets twice appeared on the brink of running away from the undermanned Pelicans.
Reuters
13
He also said the army was undermanned and that increasing numbers of troops were disillusioned.
Reuters
14
Some are undermanned, but they still number at least a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
15
As I was saying, we were undermanned that day.
Evanly bodies
16
It happened once in Alexandria that you were undermanned.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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