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Synonyms for undermanned

  • adjective

Most common

short-handed short-staffed understaffed undercrewed

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Understaffed

understaffed, short-handed, short-staffed

Other

undercrewed

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Insufficiently manned; understaffed.

Example sentences

  • understaffed Police districts are chronically understaffed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
undermannedfalling
understaffedfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

11 letters
undercrewed
12 letters
understaffed3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (understaffed3 = 3 syllables).