- undermanned
- adjective Date: 1848 inadequately staffed
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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undermanned — un‧der‧manned [ˌʌndəˈmænd◂ ǁ ər ] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES an office, department, organization etc that is undermanned has fewer people working in it than it really needs: • The department is poorly funded and hopelessly undermanned.… … Financial and business terms
Undermanned — Un der*manned , a. (Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short handed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
undermanned — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
undermanned — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)mæ̱nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If an organization is undermanned, it does not have enough employees to function properly. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering. Syn: understaffed … English dictionary
undermanned — un|der|manned [ˌʌndəˈmænd US ər ] adj a ship, office etc that is undermanned does not have enough workers to operate effectively = ↑understaffed … Dictionary of contemporary English
undermanned — /un deuhr mand /, adj. lacking a normal or sufficient work force, complement of troops, or the like; understaffed; short handed. [1865 70; UNDER + MANNED] * * * … Universalium
undermanned — adjective Insufficiently manned; understaffed … Wiktionary
undermanned — Synonyms and related words: bare handed, beggarly, empty handed, famished, half starved, ill off, ill equipped, ill furnished, ill provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, shorthanded, starved, starveling, starving, underfed,… … Moby Thesaurus
undermanned — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking the requisite workers or players: shorthanded. See EXCESS … English dictionary for students
undermanned — un|der|manned [ ,ʌndər mænd ] adjective not having enough workers to do a job quickly or effectively: UNDERSTAFFED … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
