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undermanned

adjective as in inadequate in work force

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The crisis in Iraq is a disaster for the moderate rebels, including the undermanned and under-resourced FSA.

There should have been twenty, but to be undermanned has been English fashion since Agincourt.

It looks as though Jaggard's printing office was undermanned.

They wanted to be sure that the schooner was not going to sail from the latter port undermanned.

Then came the muster and picking for watches, when the grim fact became apparent that we were grievously undermanned.

The Countess of Rothes was pulling at the oars of her boat, likewise undermanned because the crew preferred to stay behind.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to undermanned, such as: short-handed, found wanting, incomplete, not enough, scarce, and short.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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