under-officeredadj.²

Brit.

/ˌʌndərˈɒfᵻsəd/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈɔfəsərd/,

/ˌəndərˈɑfəsərd/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a).

Insufficiently furnished with officers.

ΘΚΠ

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).

ˈunder-ˌofficered adj.¹ furnished with under-officers.

ΘΚΠ

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.

单词	under-officered
释义	under-officeredadj.² Brit. /ˌʌndərˈɒfᵻsəd/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈɔfəsərd/, /ˌəndərˈɑfəsərd/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a). Insufficiently furnished with officers. ΘΚΠ 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). > as lemmas ˈunder-ˌofficered ˈunder-ˌofficered adj.¹ furnished with under-officers. ΘΚΠ 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. extracted from under-officern. < adj.²1856 as lemmas
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under-officeredadj.2