also: ぶにん · むにん
I waited for the train at an unstaffed station.
noun, na-adjective
shorthanded; lack of help
Only with reading ぶにん / むにん
Rare sense meaning a shortage of people to do work. Restricted to readings ぶにん and むにん, but even those are uncommon; 人手不足 is the normal modern expression.
今日は店が無人で、一人で全部やらなければならなかった。
The shop was shorthanded today, so I had to do everything by myself.