Examples of undermanned in a Sentence
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As currently constructed, their banged-up, undermanned pitching staff isn’t great.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
The Warriors have lost too many games against undermanned teams.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
The play came after another turnover, a string of mistakes increasingly maddening and propping open the door against the severely undermanned Timberwolves.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Facing continual Russian attacks, undermanned units could become increasingly hollowed out and lose the ability to defend themselves.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
The likelihood of a dazzling offensive display would be high, with the league's third- and fourth-ranked attacks looking like too much for either undermanned defense to handle.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Mason Rudolph has kept Pittsburgh’s season alive with two stellar starts, but even an undermanned Ravens defense is going to cause problems.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
All of this significantly strained U.S. naval manpower, causing ships to deploy undermanned and for longer durations.
—Gil Barndollar, TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Troops are being rotated from units in the rear to join undermanned infantry units at the front, and there are shortages of critical supplies needed to repair and maintain Ukraine’s armored vehicles.
—Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
The Warriors have lost too many games against undermanned teams.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
The play came after another turnover, a string of mistakes increasingly maddening and propping open the door against the severely undermanned Timberwolves.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Facing continual Russian attacks, undermanned units could become increasingly hollowed out and lose the ability to defend themselves.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
The likelihood of a dazzling offensive display would be high, with the league's third- and fourth-ranked attacks looking like too much for either undermanned defense to handle.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Mason Rudolph has kept Pittsburgh’s season alive with two stellar starts, but even an undermanned Ravens defense is going to cause problems.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
All of this significantly strained U.S. naval manpower, causing ships to deploy undermanned and for longer durations.
—Gil Barndollar, TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Troops are being rotated from units in the rear to join undermanned infantry units at the front, and there are shortages of critical supplies needed to repair and maintain Ukraine’s armored vehicles.
—Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Undermanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undermanned. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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