The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
undermanned, short-staffed, short-handed, understaffed
(adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; “they’re rather short-handed at the moment”; “overcrowded and understaffed hospitals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
undermanned
simple past tense and past participle of underman
undermanned (comparative more undermanned, superlative most undermanned)
Insufficiently manned; understaffed
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*manned", a. (Naut.)
Definition: Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.