understrength
Short on personnel
Understrength describes a group or force that lacks its full complement of members or resources.
A military unit operating understrength has fewer soldiers than its official capacity: The battalion went into battle understrength.
The term applies to sports teams, police departments, or any organization short of required personnel.
Insufficient personnel available
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- shorthandedLacking sufficient staff
- skeleton crewMinimum workers needed
- vacanciesUnfilled positions available
unfilled · depleted · thinned · stretched · overworked · hiring · recruitment · attrition
Below required quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- lackingBeing without something
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- shortOf limited extent
deficit · shortage · shortfall · scarcity · meager · sparse · limited · thin
Mid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- divisionSplitting into parts
- brigadeLarge military unit
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
platoon · company · garrison · detachment · reserves · troops · forces · contingent
Made less capable
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- sappedDepleted of vitality
- diminishedMade or became smaller
impaired · debilitated · degraded · eroded · compromised · vulnerable · fragile · ineffective
undermanned
Insufficient personnel available
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- shorthandedLacking sufficient staff
- skeleton crewMinimum workers needed
vacancies · unfilled · depleted · thinned · stretched · overworked · hiring · recruitment · attrition · turnover
insufficient
Below required quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- lackingBeing without something
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
short · deficit · shortage · shortfall · scarcity · meager · sparse · limited · thin · below capacity
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
squadron · platoon · company · garrison · detachment · reserves · troops · forces · contingent · reinforcements
weakened
Made less capable
diminished · impaired · debilitated · degraded · eroded · compromised · vulnerable · fragile · ineffective · incapable
understrengthfull strength
Complete power or intensity
fully staffed · overstaffed · overstrength · at capacity · topped up
understrengthfull strength
Complete power or intensity
battle ready · robust · vigorous · reinforced · bolstered
strong, strength, strengthen, strongly, stronger, strongest, stronghold, strongman, strengthened