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Synonyms for understaffed

  • adjective

Most common

short-handed short-staffed undermanned

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Undermanned

undermanned, short-staffed, short-handed

Other

under-handed

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

Example sentences

  • undermanned We're also seriously undermanned.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
understaffedfalling
undermannedfalling

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

By length

11 letters
undermanned3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (undermanned3 = 3 syllables).