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undercrewed

undercrewed adjective: inadequately crewed.

Adjective

undercrewed (comparative more undercrewed, superlative most undercrewed)

  1. Inadequately crewed.
    • The ship was left undercrewed after the cook and two of the sailors were killed.
    Synonyms:
    undermanned

Synonyms of undercrewed

Forms of undercrewed

comparativemore undercrewed
superlativemost undercrewed

Origin of undercrewed

From under- + crewed.

Questions about undercrewed

What does undercrewed mean?
Undercrewed means inadequately crewed.
What part of speech is undercrewed?
Undercrewed is an adjective.

Words near undercrewed in the dictionary

  1. undercreeps
  2. undercrept
  3. undercrest
  4. undercrested
  5. undercrests
  6. undercrewed
  7. undercried
  8. undercries
  9. undercriminalization
  10. undercroft
  11. undercrofts

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