5
undermanned(adjective, inadequate, excess)
4
underhanded(adjective, understaffed)
4
wanting
2
understaffed
1
bare-handed
1
beggarly
1
empty-handed
1
famished
1
half-starved
1
ill-equipped
1
ill-furnished
1
ill-provided
1
ill off
1
impoverished
1
on short commons(expression, idiom)
1
pauperized
1
poor
1
short
1
starved
1
starveling
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