under-officeredadj.2
/ˌʌndərˈɒfᵻsəd/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈɔfəsərd/, /ˌəndərˈɑfəsərd/ Insufficiently furnished with officers.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > [adjective] > insufficiently supplied with
under-officered1856
1856 Tracts on Increase of Episcopate in Eng. & Wales i. 3 In respect to her Bishops, the Church of England is, so to speak, under-officered.
1887 in Gladden's Parish Probl. 368 Most schools are under-officered.
1897 Daily News 19 May 5/6 The Greek regiments are much under-officered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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ˈunder-ˌofficered
ˈunder-ˌofficered adj.1 furnished with under-officers.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > [adjective] > officered > not or insufficiently
unofficered1655
under-officered1844
1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 399/1 The Prussian army..was officered and under-officered by native Prussians.
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