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overstaff

overstaff

English

Verb

overstaff (third-person singular simple present overstaffs, present participle overstaffing, simple past and past participle overstaffed)

  1. To furnish with too many staff
    • 2009, January 18, “Jake Mooney”, in Socks and Blankets, Courtesy of a Familiar Good Samaritan:
      "Thankfully, we were overstaffed, both the day shift and evening shift," said Francis Englert of the Red Cross’s New York chapter.

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