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undermanned

adjective

Insufficiently manned; understaffed.

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short-handed short-staffed understaffed inadequate unequal

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Meanings

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of underman

adjectiveundermanned (comparative more undermanned, superlative most undermanned)

comparative more undermanned · superlative most undermanned

Insufficiently manned; understaffed.
Two months afterwards he was reported fit for duty, but, in spite of the fact that he was urgently needed to help an undermanned Commission stagger through a deficit, he preferred to die; vowing at the last that he was hag-ridden.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.

Similar

short-handed short-staffed understaffed inadequate unequal

Also see

inadequate shorthanded short-staffed undercrewed understaffed unequal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with undermanned

and hand land brand band understand grand stand demand expand planned sand grande rand strand banned scanned canned gland tanned withstand bland secondhand manned

Cite this entry

APA

undermanned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermanned

MLA

“undermanned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermanned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undermanned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermanned.

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