understrength: Meaning and Definition of

un•der•strength

Pronunciation: (un"dur-strengkth', -strength', -strenth'), [key]
— adj.
  1. having insufficient organizational strength; lacking in personnel: an understrength army.
  2. insufficient in power or efficacy.
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