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Undermanned meaning

simple past and past participle of underman

Synonyms of Undermanned

short-handed short-staffed understaffed inadequate

Related words

Other words often associated with Undermanned or its synonyms:

incapable adequate deficient short wanting unsatisfactory incompetent poor lacking insufficient

Using Undermanned

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of underman
  • Useful related words include: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed, inadequate.
  • In the example corpus, undermanned often appears in combinations such as: the undermanned, were undermanned, undermanned with.

Context around Undermanned

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

significantly 1× severely 1× beat 1× seriously 1×

Often after:

unit 1× lakers 1× lions 1× madison 1× heat 1× injury 1× sugar 1× missing 1×

Sentence patterns with Undermanned

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

against an undermanned lions team 1× an undermanned madison wrestling 1× as the undermanned heat were 1× away from undermanned injury plagued 1× be significantly undermanned with up 1× by the undermanned lakers in 1× frequently quite undermanned 1× on the undermanned sugar plantations 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an undermanned madison 1× food horses and 1× however the corps 1× in his return 1× in oakland rudy 1× in their first 1×

Common sentence endings:

000 unfilled roles 1× be easily crossed 1× could be manned 1× fleet to arrive 1× frequently quite undermanned 1× fyfe s withdrawal 1×

Words around Undermanned

Just before it in the word index:

underlyingly 2 underlying 1.997 underloading 2 underlining 96 underlings 35 underling 19

Just after it in the word index:

undermarked 5 undermasculinized 2 undermine 970 undermined 432 underminer 2 undermines 227

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Undermanned

  • In this selection, "undermanned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, significantly, severely, beat, unit, lakers and lions stand out and add context to how "undermanned" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against an undermanned lions team and an undermanned madison wrestling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "undermanned" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with undermanned

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We knew we were undermanned. (5 words)

The implementing unit for the program was also undermanned, it added. (11 words)

However, the corps is understood to be significantly undermanned, with up to 1,000 unfilled roles. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Syracuse (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from a bad home loss to Georgia Tech a week ago to beat undermanned No. 1 Duke in overtime on the road Monday night. (33 words)

Undermanned and undersized, the injury-hit Dockers have drifted to $3.40 outsiders with TABtouch, with the Eagles at $1.32, on the back of captain Nat Fyfe’s withdrawal. (30 words)

In his return to the Garden, Olynyk scored a career-high 32 points in a rousing return, as the undermanned Heat were able to snag a road win 90-89. (30 words)

Example sentences (17)

Linder reiterated this will be a game-at-a-time process with this undermanned unit, who once again rolled just eight deep.

However, the corps is understood to be significantly undermanned, with up to 1,000 unfilled roles.

The implementing unit for the program was also undermanned, it added.

They were punked by the undermanned Lakers in one of the more shocking results of this NBA season.

In their first official hit-out of the season, the Phoenix were at home against an undermanned Lions team, which had just nine players.

It appeared that a UND team that had been playing severely undermanned for months had finally hit a wall.

Undermanned and undersized, the injury-hit Dockers have drifted to $3.40 outsiders with TABtouch, with the Eagles at $1.32, on the back of captain Nat Fyfe’s withdrawal.

Syracuse (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from a bad home loss to Georgia Tech a week ago to beat undermanned No. 1 Duke in overtime on the road Monday night.

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An undermanned Madison wrestling squad was able to put up little fight as a team in a 60-21 loss at Columbus North on Wednesday.

In his return to the Garden, Olynyk scored a career-high 32 points in a rousing return, as the undermanned Heat were able to snag a road win 90-89.

In Oakland, Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 15 rebounds and Utah pulled away from undermanned, injury-plagued Golden State in the third quarter.

Food, horses and other goods flooded into the city, and thousands of slaves from West Africa were transported to the island to work on the undermanned sugar plantations.

Iraq correctly deduced that Iran's defences at the crossing points around the Karkheh and Karoun Rivers were undermanned and that the rivers could be easily crossed.

Some ships were so seriously undermanned, missing as many as 200 men, that not all of their guns could be manned.

Such a situation was not unusual in the newly independent states in Latin America, where land forces were strong, but navies were frequently quite undermanned.

Unfortunately for Antony, many of his ships were undermanned with rowing crews; there had been a severe malaria outbreak while they were waiting for Octavian's fleet to arrive.

We knew we were undermanned.

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Common combinations with undermanned

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "undermanned" in a sentence?
An example: "Linder reiterated this will be a game-at-a-time process with this undermanned unit, who once again rolled just eight deep." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "undermanned" from authentic English texts.
What does "undermanned" mean?
Undermanned means: simple past and past participle of underman
What are synonyms of "undermanned"?
Common synonyms of "undermanned" include: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed, inadequate.
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