Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Undermanned \Un`der*manned"\, a. (Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Wiktionary
Insufficiently manned; understaffed v
(en-past of: underman)
WordNet
adj. inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals" [syn: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed]
Usage examples of "undermanned".
Starn and to exact a toll from peddlers and wagon trains too weary or undermanned to refuse to pay.
But taking more men along with them against that contingency would both leave the Hightower undermanned and slow them down.
Much better to be underfunded, undermanned and undervalued, like they were.
In the harbour two ancient Falari triremes were moored-off the Malazan mole and a lone undermanned company of marines held the Imperial Docks.
He was well off: he was well dressed: he had no trade or profession: and Brackenhurst, undermanned, hailed him as a godsend for afternoon teas and informal tennis-parties.
Jobbery in the yards had, in truth, left ships unseaworthy, under-equipped, unprovisioned and undermanned.
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne of Bielefeld in Germany--not to be confused with Hippo in my novel--is an independently financed, undermanned body of sane, well-qualified people who struggle to expose the misdeeds of the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in its dealings with the Third World.
Two undermanned fireboats squirted high plumes of water onto two separate blazes.
Much better to be underfunded, undermanned and undervalued, like they were.
About the same size, and with just two more guns than the Argonaute, she was undermanned and lacking experienced officers.
Two officers had recovered enough to take up positionson the walls, but Dash knew they were woefully undermanned to holdoff the Keshian army for more than a few hours, a day or two at best.