How to Use undermanned in a Sentence

undermanned

adjective
  • Even undermanned, this resilient group could very well beat any of those teams.
    — Aj Neuharth-Keusch, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2018
  • This was an undermanned outing for both teams.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Warriors have lost too many games against undermanned teams.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Yarbrough made five saves and kept the Rapids afloat through an undermanned assault.
    — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 18 July 2020
  • Sunday’s loss to an undermanned and flawed Bills team is a low-water mark in so may ways.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Going into the game, the Celtics are once again undermanned.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The undermanned and unplanned efforts by police to set up perimeters came too late for them.
    — miamiherald, 15 May 2016
  • But the loss to the undermanned Suns was one more reminder of just how difficult that will be.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Not their undermanned opponent, struggling on the second night of a back-to-back.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The Pelicans may be undermanned, which means the Bucks are a good pick in this matchup.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • That came with an undermanned team that lost one of its key players midway through Big Ten play.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2022
  • City have a deep squad with no positions undermanned, but the right-back role remains one that has been patched over rather than solved.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Losing to an undermanned team is one thing, but then there is a lack of focus, a lack of intensity.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • King and Okert should remain pivotal pieces of the undermanned bullpen.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Even undermanned, the 76ers keep on rolling thanks to Ben Simmons.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • That played out in the first couple of games where the linebacking corps was decidedly undermanned.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The next Arkansas coach will be faced with the challenge of an undermanned roster.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The Panthers spread the ball around during a rout of an undermanned Wisdom team.
    — Jack Marrion, Chron, 28 Oct. 2020
  • But in these finals, the Mercury have mostly looked undermanned.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Can the Warriors’ undermanned bench match the Grizzlies’ depth?
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2021
  • Still, Moore showed something by getting an undermanned team ready to play and squeezing one more win out of this season.
    — Austin Meek, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Even against an undermanned squad like the Raptors, the Spurs are a team that needs to do a lot of little things right to win.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • After all, the skidding Jaguars (1-9) are even more undermanned.
    — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Instead, Cleveland got punked by the undermanned Warriors -- a group of feisty snipers who shot the lights out.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Eddy Pineiro kicked field goals of 41 and 27 yards for the undermanned Bears.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Forced to play on both sides of the ball for his undermanned team, Coward became well-rounded as a lineman — if not well-known.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • After struggling through one of their worst opening months, some help appears to be on the way for the undermanned Marlins.
    — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Being undermanned in the secondary wouldn’t be an issue — or as big of an issue — if the Lions had any bite to their pass rush.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Since then, the Spurs have won ugly against an undermanned Oklahoma City squad.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Heat unraveled in the third quarter and allowed an undermanned team that had lost 11 in a row to hang around far too long.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025

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