📖 Definitions of "Undermanned"
verb
- 1
To fail to provide with enough workers or crew.
adjective
- 1
Insufficiently manned; understaffed
🔄 Synonyms of "Undermanned"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| inadequatenoun | Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. |
| short-handed | Alternative form of shorthanded. [Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.] |
| understaffed | having an inadequate number of workers or assistants |
| short-staffed | Not having sufficient members of staff. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Undermanned"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| short-staffed | Not having sufficient members of staff. |
| understaffed | having an inadequate number of workers or assistants |
| inadequatenoun | Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. |
| short-handed | Alternative form of shorthanded. [Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.] |
| weak-handed | (by extension) Weak; lacking courage and strength. |
| shorthanded | (team sports) Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty. |
| underequipped | Lacking sufficient equipment |
| undercrowded | Without a sufficiently large crowd; underpopulated or underattended. |
| understuffed | Inadequately stuffed. |
| understrength | Lacking in number (of a military unit, sport team, etc.) |
| undercapitalized | Lacking sufficient capital |
| underresourced | (social sciences, public health) Having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded. |
| short handed | Alternative form of shorthanded. [Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.] |
| ill-equipped | Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies. |
| understored | (US) Having fewer stores (shops) than are needed by the available market |
| light-handed | Gentle; benign and with minimal intervention. |
| unstaffed | Without staff, or workers. |
| underbusy | Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do. |
| underfurnished | Inadequately furnished; lacking in furniture. |
| underfed | Inadequately fed. |
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