undermanned Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
    understaffed; short-staffed; short-handed.
    • they're rather short-handed at the moment
    • overcrowded and understaffed hospitals

WordNet


Un`der*manned" adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Webster 1913