undermanned
Example Sentences
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The investigations reveal undermanned departments and under-trained sailors, who appear to have grown accustomed to operating that way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Arizona keeps fighting but is severely undermanned, and shouldn’t rush Marvin Harrison Jr. back from an appendectomy.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Mr Kessler said that the "severely undermanned" Secret Service likely is refocusing its efforts on more immediate threats, such as those faced by Trump and members of his administration.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
But that brief reprieve from a New Jersey Devils onslaught, with goaltender interference the savior, ultimately didn’t matter in a game where the undermanned Kraken defenders abandoned their netminder.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
The Watch now had garrisons at Icemark, Long Barrow, Sable Hall, Greyguard, and Deep Lake, all badly undermanned, but ten castles still stood empty and abandoned.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
